King Charles briefly hospitalized since the current treatment against cancer caused “temporary side effects,” says Palace

London – The king of Great Britain, Charles, had a setback in his cancer treatment on Thursday and was taken to a hospital in London to observe. Arriving more than a year after Charles revealed that he had been Diagnosed with an un specified form of cancer And the treatment began, the incident renewed the concern for the health of the 76 -year -old monarch.

The Buckingham Palace said that after a cancer treatment scheduled on Thursday morning, “the king experienced temporal side effects that required a short period of observation in the hospital.”

The palace has never said what type of cancer the king has, or what kind of treatment is receiving.

The king was seen in public in London only one day before his visit on Thursday to a private clinic in downtown London, apparently healthy and smiling at an agricultural exhibition. He reappeared Friday morning, leaving his residence in London Clarence House and greeting supporters from inside a black Audi.

Tourist Julian Mati told Associated Press that he was relieved to see Charles wearing well when he left Clarence House.

“We horrify ourselves when we listen to the news yesterday,” Mati told the AP. “Today we had come down to the palace to take photos, but we never imagined that we would see the king. To see him smile and greet, it’s a great relief.”

Charles returned to Clarence House on Thursday night, but his events for Friday, which included a trip to Birmingham, about two hours north of London, were canceled.

The king has maintained a busy schedule of official events in recent weeks, after having constantly increased his work after Return to public tasks In April of last year, only several months after starting your treatment. He did his First foreign trip During treatment in July 2024, Australia.

Last week, Charles was in Northern Ireland with Queen Camilla, and met with the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, earlier this month.

His next trip scheduled abroad, to Italy with the queen next week, was still planned from Friday.

Cancer has affected several members of the royal family in recent years, with the daughter -in -law of King Catherine, the princess of Wales, announcing only two months ago that she I was in remission After about 10 months of treatment. The princess had announced last March that cancer was discovered after a Abdominal surgery And she was suffering Preventive chemotherapy.

While the palace has never provided details of its diagnosis, former British prime minister Boris Johnson claimed in their memoirs that Queen Elizabeth IIThe mother of King Charles was diagnosed with bone cancer before her death in September 2022 at the age of 96.