Prince William given ‘wake-up call he is going to monarch’ as he returns to work | Royal | News [Video]

The speed at which King Charles III’s health has deteriorated will have been a “complete shock” to their heir to the throne Prince William.

It comes after the monarch received treatment for an enlarged prostate only to be followed by a cancer diagnosis.

While the type of cancer has not been revealed, it has been announced that it is not prostate cancer.

Charles is said to remain wholly positive about his treatment and looks forward to returning to full public duty as soon as possible, though the episode has thrown William into the spotlight.

Now, one royal commentator has noted how he will have been thrown by the pace that events have unfolded, with a reality check about his future in tow.

GB News’s Mark Dolan asked royal commentator Pandora Forsyth whether the episode was “a wake-up call” and what William will now be thinking that his time on the throne “is coming”.

“I think it has been …