It’s been a year since King Charles was diagnosed with cancer on February 5, 2024. Buckingham Palace confirmed the monarch, then 75, was stepping back from public duties while undergoing ‘regular treatments’. He started his return to the day job with a symbolic trip to a cancer treatment centre at the end of April.

Palace sources said in December 2024 that the sovereign's treatment for cancer would continue into the new year

King Charles marked the one-year anniversary of his cancer diagnosis announcement by carrying out a royal engagement at the Polish Social and Cultural Association (POSK) in London today. The monarch's visit comes exactly one year after Buckingham Palace revealed his cancer diagnosis on February 5,

King Charles made news last year when he announced that he had cancer following surgery for an enlarged prostate. During the year that followed, he has continued to receive cancer treatments while still shouldering the heavy weight of responsibility he wears as a King.