King Charles Reflects on Family's Health Struggles and 'Uncertainties and Anxieties of Illness' in Emotional Christmas Speech

King Charles' 2024 Christmas speech.Photo:The Royal Family/X The Royal Family/X King Charlesreflected on the royal family’s challenging 2024 in his annual Christmas speech, following a year in which both he and his daughter-in-lawKate Middletonwere diagnosed with cancer. On Wednesday, Dec. 25, King Charles delivered his annual Christmas address, continuing the longstanding tradition with a significant change in setting. For the first time in 18 years, the monarch’s speech was filmed outside of a royal residence, choosing instead to record it at Fitzrovia Chapel, the former chapel of Middlesex Hospital in London.

King Charles Reveals He Was So 'Anxious' About His Crown 'Wobbling' at the Coronation He Practiced Wearing It!

King Charles with St. Edward’s Crown at his Coronation in May 2023.Photo: JONATHAN BRADY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Even Kings get the “wobbles” on coronation day! King Charleshas confessed that he was worried his crown might topple off during hisCoronation in May 2023so he practiced wearing itlike his late motherQueen Elizabethso he would be used to its weight. Charles, 76, made the revelation while speaking to a group of Canadian women late last year as they made an unforgettable trip to the U.

King Charles Sips Traditional Narcotic Drink in Samoa as He's Made 'High Chief' in Special Ceremony

King Charles and Queen Camilla during a Ava Ceremony in the Church Hall on Oct. 24, 2024 in Apia, Samoa.Photo:Victoria Jones - Pool/Getty Victoria Jones - Pool/Getty King Charlesgot into the island vibes in the Pacific as he started hisfirst full day in Samoa! ‘Ava is a key part of Pacific culture and isdescribed asa “peppery, slightly intoxicating root drink.” Known in other Pacific countries as kava, it plays an important role in rituals and celebrations of Pacific islanders.

King Charles Will Appoint an Official Biographer of Queen Elizabeth ‘In Fairly Short Order,’ Royal Biographer Says

King Charlesis expected to appoint an official biographer soon to write the official biography of his mother,Queen Elizabeth, royal biographer Robert Hardman said.Speaking on an episode ofHello’s A Right Royal Podcast, Hardman said that the biographer appointed will use Queen Elizabeth’s diaries as primary source material. The Queen kept a daily diary throughout her life as monarch, and in Hardman’s recently updated bookCharles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story, he revealed that the late Queen’s last entry was written just two days before she died in September 2022 — and contained just five words.

King Charles Won’t Be Following in Son Prince Harry’s Surfing Footsteps While in Australia: ‘If I Was a Younger Man’

King Charles and Prince Harry attend the “Our Planet” global premiere the at the Natural History Museum on April 4, 2019 in London, England.Photo:John Phillips/Getty John Phillips/Getty King Charleshas made several quips about his age since arriving in Australia for a royal tour alongside wifeQueen Camilla. The King, 75, joked on Sunday, Oct. 20 that it was “slightly worrying” to have realized it had been nearly 60 years since he first visited Down Under while delivering his first speech during this tour of Australia.