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It comes more than a year after he was diagnosed with an unspecified type of cancer

THE King has cancelled two holidays abroad as he continues to have cancer treatment following his hospital dash.

He pulled out of a planned trip with Queen Camilla to an African spa retreat and his annual walking holiday in Romania.

His Majesty, 76, is resting at his countryside home Highgrove this weekend after being taken to hospital on Thursday suffering side effects of his treatment.

It meant he was forced to cancel engagements in both London and Birmingham on Thursday and Friday.

It comes more than a year after he was diagnosed with an unspecified type of cancer.

Now The Sun on Sunday can reveal the King was due to join Camilla on a short trip to a luxury spa resort in Africa earlier this month — but was forced to pull out only days in advance

He is also postponing his annual visit to Romania in the spring — which usually involves arduous countryside walking.

An insider said: “Charles is a hardworking King, but he needs and deserves occasional time off. It was unfortunate that he couldn’t fly with Camilla, as it was hoped they could have a well-earned break together.

“He adores Romania and looks forward to visiting every year, but it would have involved just too much walking and he can’t face it right now.”

The King stopped off with Camilla to enjoy a break together at a spa in India on the return leg from their tour of Australia and Samoa last autumn.

His Majesty has also given up his annual skiing trip with pals to Klosters, in Switzerland.

He went there almost every spring for 45 years, but stopped ahead of his Coronation in 2023, amid fears he could get injured.

Buckingham Palace said it does not comment on members of the Royal Family’s private time.

And Palace officials have dismissed the hospital drama as a “minor bump in the road”, describing the trip on Thursday to the London Clinic as an “unscheduled hospital visit”.

It is understood potential diary clashes could also have caused him to cancel the foreign trips.

The Palace insists the King will be able to jet to Italy for a State visit, which kicks off on April 7.

But the King and Queen will no longer be meeting the Pope, due to the pontiff’s ill health.

His Majesty will hold talks in Rome with Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni — a key European leader who is widely seen as a bridge between Europe and Trump’s America.