King Charles demonstrated 'remarkable resilience' amid cancer treatment

A close aide of the monarch has revealed that King Charles demonstrated ‘remarkable resilience’ while continuing to receive treatment after he was diagnosed with cancer last year.

This has been said by James Chalmers, who as the Keeper of the Privy Purse is the king´s treasurer.

The AFP quoted Chalmers commending King Charles "resilience".

He says the king "demonstrated remarkable resilience by undertaking a wide programme of public and state duties at home and overseas while continuing to receive treatment."

Chalmers made these remarks after the monarch´s financial report.

The report also reveals the Sovereign Grant, which pays for royal duties and upkeep of palaces, remained at £86.3 million ($118.5 million) in the financial year ending in March 2025.

Next year the grant will rise to £132 million.

Last year, a UK media probe sparked anger after revealing that the royal household´s estates were profiting from the public health service, charities and individual renters while benefiting from major tax exemptions.

The financial report also says King Charles is to end the British monarch's use of a royal train for the first time since the Victorian era in the 19th century, as part of cost-cutting and modernisation plans.

As part of the royal family´s annual finances revealed late on Monday, the king's treasurer announced he had approved the use of two helicopters to ferry the royal household and decommission the train due to high costs.