It would take it out of him."

After all, he only ascended to the throne nine months ago.

George VI, who was Charles’s grandfather on his mother’s side, was diagnosed with lung cancer.

King Charles looks concerned

The Queen Mother had surgery as well, at age 66, to remove a tumor.

However, it does seem to align with Charles’s vision of a newer, more modernized institution.

King Charles waves on his way to church

King George VI in 1936