The monarchy "is not going anywhere", a royal author has claimed after the news broke that the king has a "form" of cancer.
Buckingham Palace confirmed that he is receiving treatment and the cancer is allegedly in its "early stages."
Charles made a promise to slim down the British monarchy when he became king last September, following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth.
However, the problems with a slimmed-down monarchy were highlighted after the recent health concerns involving the monarch and the Princess of Wales.
King Charles was diagnosed with cancer GETTYSpeaking to GBN America, royal author Robert Hardman said that he still believes people are happy with the royals.
He said: "I think the vast majority of people are happy to have a constitutional monarchy, as are a number of other progressive liberal democracies around the world. It's a system of government.
"It may be irrational. I think if you were starting a new nation tomorrow, you probably wouldn't say, we're going to get one family and put them in charge.
"It's a system that has worked for many centuries for Britain. It's one of the reasons that a lot of people have a sense of stability and continuity. This is a King who is head of state of 14 other countries. So it's not just Britain who'll be worrying about him today.
The monarchy is facing a shortage of working royals.Getty"Ultimately it's a democracy. So it's not down to the monarch. It's down to the people.
"And the people, certainly in today's Britain, are perfectly happy with the monarchy."
GBN America host Nana Akua asked: "Was he wise to slim down the monarchy in such a manner? Now we've got to see how vulnerable they are?"
He responded: "I don't think he intended to slim down the monarchy. I think it just slimmed itself down with the passing of time.
Robert Hardman said that The King is "not going anywhere"
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"Obviously, Prince Andrew had to step back from public life and that was followed by the decision of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to leave Britain and start a new life.
"So that automatically shrunk the Royal frontline. Over the years there have been moments when there have been many cousins on parade.
"There have been times when it has been quite a small unit. We're in the 21st century. The public doesn't expect to see lots of royal cousins out and about every day.
"They want to see a functional, useful Royal Family and for now, other members of the family are going to have to step up."
