Queen Camilla reveals King Charles ‘won’t slow down’ or ‘do what he’s told’ in candid chat with author Lee Child – buts insists the monarch is ‘doing fine’ as he continues with his cancer battle [Video]

16:55 EDT 08 Jun 2024, updated 20:35 EDT 08 Jun 2024

The King is ‘doing fine’ but ‘won’t slow down and won’t do what he’s told’, the Queen revealed on Saturday, as she opened up about the monarch’s health while he continues treatment for cancer.

Camilla provided the update on King Charles’s health to author Lee Child, who attended a reception ahead of his appearance at the Queen’s Reading Room Festival at Hampton Court Palace in Surrey.

The Jack Reacher writer, 69, wryly added: ‘Sounds to me like a typical husband.’

Charles recently returned to public-facing duties while still receiving treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer.

Also at the event on Saturday, actress Miriam Margolyes told the Queen ‘how much I love the King’.