King Charles ‘won’t slow down or do what he’s told’, Queen says

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The King is "doing fine" but "won't slow down and won't do what he's told", the Queen has told a prominent author.Camilla provided the update to author Lee Child, who appeared at Saturday's Queen's Reading Room Literary Festival at Hampton Court Palace in Surrey.The Jack Reacher writer, 69, added: "Sounds to me like a typical husband."Charles has recently returned to public-facing duties while still receiving treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer.The King's appearance at a D-Day event in Portsmouth on Wednesday was his first public speech and most high-profile appearance since his cancer diagnosis.He is expected to take part in the upcoming Trooping the Colour ceremony, but will inspect the soldiers from a carriage rather than on horseback, it is understood.Child said: "I asked her how the King was doing because he did my investiture when I got the CBE, so I have a soft spot."And I hope he's doing fine.

She said he is doing fine, except he won't slow down and he won't do what he's told, which sounds to me a typical husband."Camilla spoke to a number of authors and actors at the festival, including Sir Ian Rankin, Ann Cleeves, Miriam Margolyes and Elizabeth McGovern.Sir Ian said the Queen told him that "her whole family were fans of my books".He said he told the Queen he came down from Edinburgh where he left the "madness" as Taylor Swift is performing, then compared the two saying Camilla would also be "used to a three-hour set and 16 costume changes", which he said she laughed at.Margolyes said she told the Queen "how much I love the King" at the literary festival.Speaking after she met Camilla on Saturday evening, Margolyes said the royal family has had "a hell of a time recently".She said: "I just told her how