King Charles is being force fed

Question

King Charles has had an issue with eating enough and Camilla has resulted to force feeding him

Comments

This is false. There is no other media outlet to report on this issue, and this is definitely just a rumor. Nobody really knows how bad his cancer is, so to write this article is truly just speculation.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56201331

Answer 1

This claim is false, the source has no genuine proof that they are an actual inside source from the palace therefor this is quite literally just a rumor. As much as there has been a lot of concern over King Charles health, it has only been confirmed that he has cancer, and we also don't have confirmation of how severe the cancer is. 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/05/uk/king-charles-cancer-explainer-intl-gbr/index.html

Comments

This is a very good factcheck, you clearly stated that the claim was false. And also provided a source regarding relating information about King Charle’s cancer. Thank you for clearly providing information about the topic while disproving the false information.

Answer 2

The website that posted this article has no way of backing this besides "The news has been shared by an inside source that is well placed within the palace." I personally doubt their royal palace would have an insider that would give away wealth status information of the King to a non-primary news outlet. The family chooses what to share and they do so by either having information uploaded to their website: https://www.royal.uk/news or a royal official announces it themselves. When King Charles was diagnosed with cancer in February of 2024, the information was from a state from Buckingham Palace (BBC, 2024). Another example of this is, before Queen Elizabeth passed away, Buckingham Palace also released a statement that "The Queen’s doctors are concerned for Her Majesty’s health and have recommended she remain under medical supervision" (PBS, 2022). These examples show that health information is not going. Both the King and Queen were paying a visit to Australia and Samoa just about a week ago and he appears to be in fine health and needing to be force fed (Royal UK, 2024). All together I find it doubtful King Charles is currently force fed given the facts, and insider is unlikely, and the Royal Family publishes news through royal officials.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68205659

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/queen-elizabeth-ii-under-medical-supervision-as-buckingham-palace-warns-of-health-fears#:~:text=%E2%80%9CFollowing%20further%20evaluation%20this%20morning,remains%20comfortable%20and%20at%20Balmoral.%E2%80%9D

https://www.royal.uk/aus-samoa

Answer 3

This story is false. The article linked states that King Charles is being force fed while undergoing cancer treatment. Further, it cites Radar Online for its information, which is a celebrity gossip site that has zero credibility. Digging deeper, Radar Online themselves do not name the source of their information. This story was not picked up by regional or reliable sources such as the BBC which continues to suggest that this story has zero basis in truth.

Additionally, the highlight of the story saying that King Charles is eating half and avocado a day seemingly appeals to audiences' sense of humor which makes sense given the story originated from a gossip site. This appeal to audiences curiosity and humorous tone of the article all point towards it being an attention-grab and nothing more substantial. The lack of any credible sources and limited reporting does not warrant any belief in the article's claim. Unless reliable information comes out, the story should remain considered as false.

https://radaronline.com/p/king-charles-force-fed-cancer-battle-eats-half-avocado-sustain-himself/

Answer 4

I think this is most likely false. There is little information provided on this website, and there are no credible resources. Fox News reports that he has some "reluctance" with eating but not specifically that he is being force-fed.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/king-charles-cancer-battle-forces-monarch-introduce-superfood-lunch-author