The King will be buoyed by polls in Australia which show support for the monarchy remains high as he’s set to embark on an historic tour of the country on Friday.
It comes after Saturday’s Daily Mail revealed he had written to republican campaigners stressing his ‘deep love’ for the country and that any debate about its future is a matter for them.
Charles is King of Australia and the country’s head of state. In a poll in yesterday’s Daily -Telegraph in Sydney, one in four respondents had a more favourable view of King Charles now than they did before he was crowned, with just 5 per cent less positive.
Just one in three thought -Australia should become a republic – well down on the 39.4 per cent who voted that way at the -country’s -referendum in 1999.
It comes as it was revealed that the monarch will pause his cancer treatment during his trip to Australia.
The 75-year-old monarch will undertake a significant official visit beginning on October 18, taking in Sydney and Canberra, immediately followed by a State Visit to Samoa in the South Pacific where he will attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
The Mail understands that His Majesty will continue with his ongoing cancer treatment right up until he flies but that his doctors are happy for it to be briefly stopped while he is away.
The King will then pick up with his treatment cycle as soon as he returns to the UK.
Charles was diagnosed with an undisclosed form of the disease in February following prostate surgery and has been receiving weekly treatment ever since.
However the news that the King intends to ‘squeeze in’ a 30,000 mile, 11-day door-to-door trip in-between treatments is both good news in terms of his health – and also emphasises the commitment to duty he has shown since he was first diagnosed.
Buckingham Palace declined to comment.
