“Like thousands of other men every year, the King sought treatment for an enlarged prostate,” the statement continued. His Majesty is well. “And he’ll be in the hospital next week for corrective surgery.” The 75-year-old monarch has been at the head of the British monarchy for more than a year.
The one with Charles III. However, the hypertrophy of the prostate that was found was “benign,” it was said. The palace said the head of state will not make any public appearances during a “short recovery period”.
Princess Kate is also in the hospital
Only shortly before, Charles’ daughter-in-law Princess Kate had announced that she would spend some time in the hospital following an operation on her stomach and would not be able to attend any appointments for months. The procedure was planned and was successful, the wife of heir to the throne Prince William announced via the official channel of Kensington Palace on the online platform X (formerly Twitter).
The 42-year-old will now stay in the clinic for 10 to 14 days before continuing to recover at home. She will probably not appear in public once more until following Easter at the earliest. The palace emphasized that the disease was not cancer, but did not provide any further details such as the type of operation.
British media pointed out that the princess last appeared in public at Christmas. At that time she attended a church service with the other members of the Royal Family at the royal Sandringham estate in eastern England.
