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Princess Kate and Queen Camilla Put Their Differences Aside to Help King Charles: ‘Both Worried Sick’
Princess Kate and Queen Camilla are setting aside old differences to protect King Charles III from his own punishing work ethic, a source tells Examiner.
“Kate and Camilla don’t always see eye-to-eye, but when it comes to Charles, they’re absolutely on the same page,” shares the source. “They’re both worried sick about how hard he’s pushing himself — especially with everything he’s been through with his health.”
The monarch, who was diagnosed with an unspecified form of cancer in 2024, revealed last year that his treatment would continue into 2026.
Yet, his schedule hasn’t let up. Less than a week before attending two Remembrance Day events in London on November 7 and November 8, Charles wrapped up a nine-day tour of the Caribbean on November 4.
His official visit included a stop in Antigua and Barbuda, where the king, 77, appeared to grow frustrated after getting caught in a rainstorm sans umbrella.
“He’s burning the candle at both ends and it’s starting to show,” the source says. “People laughed about him losing his temper over the umbrella on November 1, however Kate and Camilla both say it’s another sign that he’s under way too much pressure.”
According to the source, Charles has been trying his hardest to live up to a precedent set by Queen Elizabeth II before she passed away in 2022 at age 96.
“She had such an incredible work ethic right up until the end and Charles hates the idea of anyone thinking he’s not as strong as his mother was,” dishes the source. “So he doesn’t feel like he can slow down.”
Daughter-in-law Kate, 44, and wife Camilla, 79, know “there’s no point staging some big intervention,” notes the source, because “he’d only dig his heels in.”
“Instead, they’re doing what they can behind the scenes, encouraging him to rest and taking as much pressure off of him as they can,” the source continues. “Kate and Camilla just want Charles to take better care of himself before he runs himself into the ground.”
