King Charles will continue to need cancer treatment in 2025, it was revealed today. A Buckingham Palace source has said the 76-year-old's health is still being 'managed' but is 'moving in a positive direction'. But His Majesty intends to return to a full programme of public duties next year.
![[The Prince and Princess of Wales released their Christmas card on social media today]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/14/93316225-14210233-image-a-75_1734616953954.jpg)
This will include overseas visits in the first half of 2025, the insider said. 'His treatment has been moving in a positive direction, as a managed condoition the treatment cycle will continue into the new year', the Palace source said. Charles hosted members of the Royal Family at Buckingham Palace for a pre-Christmas lunch yesterday. Today the King and Queen will hold their last public event of the year that will focus 'on the importance of community'.
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He has also increased his engagements recently, including a visit to Apple's London HQ and a meeting with CEO Tim Cook. 'You could almost forget at the start of the year this was a man that faced the shock of being diagnosed with cancer', a source said to Sky News.
![[Prince William, George, Charlotte, Louis and Kate during the 'Together At Christmas' Carol Service at Westminster Abbey on December 6, 2024 - the last time the family were seen]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/13/93309437-14210233-Prince_William_George_Charlotte_Louis_and_Kate_during_the_Togeth-a-63_1734616561700.jpg)
Yesterday the Prince and Princess of Wales released their Christmas card, featuring a photograph of the couple with their three children in Norfolk in a nod to Kate's own cancer battle. King Charles III attends a Christmas Lunch at Buckingham Palace thrown for the Royal Family yesterday.
![[The Princess of Wales during a visit to Southport Community Centre on October 10]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/14/93316805-14210233-image-a-89_1734619159569.jpg)
The card was posted online at 2pm, three hours after it emerged the family would not attend today's traditional Royal Family pre-Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace. Prince William and Kate are instead said to be looking forward to spending time with members of the Royal Family as usual at the Sandringham estate over Christmas.
![[The Princess of Wales at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club on July 14]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/14/93316797-14210233-image-a-88_1734619155844.jpg)
