King Charles cancer: Royal correspondent Tom Sykes makes shocking claim about the King’s cancer battle

A shocking claim about King Charles’ cancer battle has been made by a renowned royal correspondent.

The European Editor-at-Large at the Daily Beast, Tom Sykes, revealed on the publication’s podcast that “succession plans are gearing up” as “no one is really expecting Charles to live, you know, more than three or four years.”

“And I mean that in the context of that when he came to the throne people definitely felt he could live ‘til he was the age of his mother or his father who was 99,” Sykes said.

“So people definitely thought it was 20 years of the King Charles era and I think people much more now think it is now going to be a five, six yer reign, something like that.”

The devastating prediction comes days after Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, sparked uproar by revealing that he has been shut out of updates about his father’s health.

“I don’t know how much longer my father has,” the Duke told the BBC.

King Charles has been receiving weekly treatments following his cancer diagnosis in February 2024.

If the unsettling prediction was to come true, we could see the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge crowned as early as 2028.

With succession plans reportedly accelerating, Prince William and Princess Catherine are already preparing Prince George for his future role as heir to the British throne.

The young royal made an unexpected appearance at a VE Day event at Buckingham Palace on Monday, joining his parents to meet with war veterans.

Dressed in a sharp blue suit and tie, Prince George listened attentively, asked thoughtful questions, and left many in the room quietly impressed.

For many, this felt like a significant moment, a subtle but deliberate introduction to life as a working royal, signalling the beginning of a new chapter for the boy who is second in line to the throne.

And there’s more reason for the timing: by royal tradition, heirs aged 12 and above are no longer advised to travel on the same plane as their predecessors, in order to protect the line of succession.

With Prince George’s 12th birthday approaching in July, Monday’s appearance could mark a symbolic shift, the moment where preparation quietly turns into practice.