AS HE CONTINUES HIS TREATMENT
HOW BEING WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN IS THE BEST MEDICINE
Recovering from his latest round of treatment for cancer, the King has been helped by perhaps the best medicine: the presence of three of his beloved grandchildren, who spent their halfterm holiday close to him in Norfolk.
Prince George, ten, Princess Charlotte, eight, and Prince Louis, five, have been a source of “positive energy” for His Majesty, who is back at Sandringham following another helicopter trip to the capital for his appointment at the London Clinic hospital.
Meanwhile, the youngsters were at their country home Anmer Hall with their parents, the Prince and Princess of Wales, for the holiday and are sure to have provided a much-needed distraction.
While Prince William, Kate and the children might usually have spent the week skiing or in the Caribbean, this year has been more low-key, especially as the Princess deals with her own recovery from major abdominal surgery.
Sources tell HELLO! the royal children will be just the tonic the monarch needs after a procedure last month to treat a benign enlarged prostate was followed by his cancer diagnosis.
His Majesty adores being a grandfather and tries to spend as much time as possible with his three elder grandchildren, who affectionately call him “Grandpa Wales” in reference to his previous title.
MAKING TIME FOR THE FAMILY
“The King will be getting lots of positive energy from the little ones,” royal author Robert Jobson tells us. “He needs peace and quiet, but he will have been very happy to see his grandchildren and to spend a bit of time with them.
“He was always extremely busy when Prince William and Prince Harry were growing up and he would leave the bodyguards to play with them. Even though he’s still busy since becoming King, he tries to see them as often as he can.”
Indeed, we have witnessed many touching moments between His Majesty and the children, including him hugging Louis tightly in a photo for the youngster’s second birthday in April 2020 and bouncing him on his knee at the Platinum Jubilee concert in 2022.
“It’s a different part of your life,” he has said of being a grandparent. “The great thing is to encourage them, show them things to take their interest. My grandmother did that. She was wonderful. It is very important to create a bond when they are very young.”
Royal photographer Max Mumby, who was at the Jubilee concert, tells HELLO!:: “I think there was a moment when William leant over to Charles, who was obviously then the Prince of Wales, and said something like: ‘Can Louis sit on your knee?’ And Louis scampers over, climbs aboard and has a w
