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The Queen's son, Tom Parker Bowles, has given an update on King Charles' cancer treatment. The food critic and writer said his "treatment is going well", adding that his mother, Camilla, was "tough". Mr Parker-Bowles gave the update as he spoke about the history of royal dining - and Queen Camilla's cooking.

He gave an insight into meal times in the royal household, saying: "The King appals waste". The 49-year-old eldest child of Queen Camilla, revealed: "There is no waste, everything is recycled, everything is used from the table. If anything is leftover from the dinner, that will be made into something else or appear the next day.



Nothing's allowed to be thrown out." The King has long been a champion of sustainability - The Coronation Food Project coordinated by his charitable fund launched last year, aiming to reduce food waste and support people living in 'food insecurity'. "It's not the King just paying lip service, he practices what he preaches.

" said Mr Parker Bowles. As stepson and godson, he says food sustainability is a subject he "can relate to" Charles on. "He really is a food hero.

To talk to him about the strange varieties of plums or pears or anything else is endlessly fascinating". The Palace announced that Charles was diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer in February, but Mr Parker Bowles confirmed his "doctor says the treatment is going well" and shared that Camilla was coping - "She's tough, my mother". His latest cookbook, Cooking and the Crown, det.

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