Queen
Camilla
is
opening
up
for
the
first
time
about
the
early
days
of

King
Charles’
cancer
diagnosis.

Buckingham
Palace
revealed
in
early
2024
that
the
king
had
been
diagnosed
with
cancer,
though
it
did
not
disclose
the
type
of
cancer.

Just
before
the
king’s
announcement
was
made
public,
Camilla
visited
a

Maggie’s
center
in
the
U.K.
The
centers,
named
after
founder
Maggie
Keswick
Jencks,
are
free
support
spaces
that
help
people
affected
by
cancer,
as
well
as
their
friends
and
family.

“I
remember
coming
to
see
a
Maggie’s
just
after
the
king
being
diagnosed,”
Camilla
shared
Wednesday
in
a
video
on
the
royal
family’s
Instagram.
“Nobody
could
say
anything
at
the
time
―
that
was
quite
difficult.”

“I
almost
said
something
but,
you
know,
I
felt
that
it
wasn’t
the
time
to
say,”
Camilla
added.

Her
visit
to
Maggie’s
occurred
Jan.
31,
2024,
with
the
palace

announcing
Charles’
cancer
diagnosis
on
Feb.
5,
2024.
“I
was
just
longing
to
let
it
out,
but
obviously
I
couldn’t.”

When
visiting
Maggie’s,
Camilla
said,
she
was
“questioning”
the
people
she
met.

“I
didn’t
want
to
pry
too
deeply.
But
normally
when
I
went
in,
I
was
just
talking
to
them,
but
I
don’t
know
―
I
felt
it
was
much
more
deep,”
she
explained.

Charles

gave
a
rare
update
on
his
cancer
last
year
during
a
conversation
with
florist
Safeena
Khan
at
an
engagement
in
Bradford,
England.

Khan
told

The
Telegraph
the
king
said
he’d
“like
to
think
I’m
on
the
better
side”
and
gave
her
a
thumbs-up
when
asked
about
his
health.

The
king
also
said
in
December
of
last
year
that

his
treatment
was
being
reduced,
something
he
credited
to
an
early
diagnosis.

“Early
diagnosis
quite
simply
saves
lives,”
Charles
said.
“I
know,
too,
what
a
difference
it
has
made
in
my
own
case,
enabling
me
to
continue
leading
a
full
and
active
life
even
while
undergoing
treatment.”