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King Charles’ health conditions are progressively deteriorating, leading Buckingham Palace officials to keep a regularly updated plan for his impending funeral — preparations for which started the day after Queen Elizabeth was buried, insiders said. The 75-year-old monarch has remained largely out of the limelight since announcing his cancer prognosis in February to hide his declining condition, with multiple sources telling the Daily Beast the situation is “not good.” “Of course he is determined to beat it and they are throwing everything at it. Everyone is staying optimistic, but he is really very unwell. More than they are letting on,”...

King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer, says Buckingham Palace. It is not prostate cancer, but was discovered during his recent treatment for an enlarged prostate. The type of cancer has not been revealed, but according to a palace statement the King began "regular treatments" on Monday. Buckingham Palace says the King "remains wholly positive about his treatment and looks forward to returning to full public duty as soon as possible".

The Today Show suffered an awkward blunder on Monday as it's closed captions said King Charles was set to undergo 'prostitute surgery'. The highly-watched US morning show, which airs on NBC, was reporting on the king's recent surgery for an enlarged prostate. But instead of reporting about the medical procedure, the caption read the king was to have 'prostitute surgery'. The blunder was spotted by Below Deck and the Traitors US star Kate Chastain who uploaded it to Instagram and joked 'I bet AI is in charge of closed captions for the Today Show'. Last week the royal was diagnosed...

THE King has told actor Luke Evans how his bloodline shows he is related to Vlad Dracula.The Hobbit star had just finished the 2014 film Dracula Untold when he first met His Majesty, who was then Prince of Wales.The 15th century Romanian ruler Vlad III, also known and Vlad the Impaler, Vlad Tepes and Vlad DraculaThe actor, 43, played a fictional version of the 15th century Romanian ruler Vlad III, also known and Vlad the Impaler, Vlad Tepes and Vlad Dracula. In the movie, Vlad turns into a vampire. Speaking on The Jonathan Ross Show, Luke said: “I remember the...