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King Charles' cancer diagnosis could reshape how the monarchy works

By Mark Landler
New York Times·
6 mins to read

Queen Elizabeth II liked to say that she needed to be seen to be believed. Now it falls to her son King Charles III to test that principle, after a cancer diagnosis that will force him out of the public eye for the foreseeable future.

For a family that has cultivated its public image through thousands of appearances a year — ribbon-cuttings, ship launchings, gala benefits, investiture ceremonies and so on — the sidelining of Charles may finally

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