Cancer-stricken monarch King Charles was wheeled out covered in thick "stage make-up" this week to cover the ravages left by chemo but it left him looking like a waxwork dummy.

King Charles is celebrating his third birthday since becoming monarch, and is treating it as a normal working day

Despite a challenging year for himself and his entire family, Princess Kate included, sources say Charles has “a levity about him and a sense of joy.”

British monarch King Charles III is marking his 76th birthday by opening two food distribution hubs amid his battle with cancer.

King Charles III is celebrating his 76th birthday today. He will spend the day at the opening of a food hub that will distribute excess food - that would be otherwise be thrown away - to food banks, schools and community centres.

Britain's head of state King Charles III turned 76 on Thursday, after a torrid year in which both he and his daughter-in-law Catherine, Princess of Wales, have battled cancer.

The Post hears that the royals are expected to mark Charles' birthday with an intimate celebration this weekend at Highgrove House.

Buckingham Palace has marked King Charles III's 76th birthday by releasing a striking new portrait of the monarch. The image showed the King wearing a smart royal blue suit with a matching patterned tie,