The tell tale signs that have sparked fears for King Charles' health - as he's praised for bravely making the tour Down Under despite his gruelling cancer battle

King Charles has been praised for giving his circuit Down Under a 'royal reddish basking crack', contempt suffering from nan 'Big C'.

His Majesty paused his crab curen for nan grueling 11-day circuit of Australia and Samoa alongside Queen Camilla arsenic they greeted dignitaries, attended functions and even faced down protesting politicians. 

The 75-year-old monarch has appeared energetic and lively arsenic he shook hands pinch legions of royal fans, tossed sausages connected nan BBQ and said of his admiration for apical Aussie 'tucker'.

But contempt his affirmative outlook, location person been respective show communicative signs that nan King is not successful his accustomed health. 

In respective photographs his lips person looked inflamed and red.

While Buckingham Palace has remained silent connected what benignant of crab nan King is suffering from and what curen he is receiving for it, a elder oncologist told Daily Mail Australia nan photos appeared accordant pinch personification undergoing chemotherapy. 

'Several cancer treatments tin origin soreness of nan lips and mouth, which is accordant pinch those photos,' nan oncologist, who asked to stay anonymous, said.

'But I wouldn't want to estimate connected what curen he mightiness beryllium having fixed it is not nationalist knowledge. 

'What I would opportunity is that nan King must beryllium an inspiration to each those group who besides sadly suffer from cancer, which is almost 1 successful 2 Australians.  

'Good connected him for making nan travel and giving it a royal reddish basking crack.' 

Another foreboding motion of nan King's sick wellness came erstwhile his expert was photographed carrying a ample aesculapian container erstwhile Charles and Camilla attended a religion work successful North Sydney connected Sunday.

The King has reportedly travelled pinch 2 of his individual doctors and a proviso of his ain blood, to guarantee an nonstop lucifer is astatine manus successful nan arena a transfusion is required. 

These aforesaid precautions were taken erstwhile his mother, nan precocious Queen Elizabeth, travelled abroad.  

Charles III besides has astatine his disposal immoderate of nan finest aesculapian teams successful whichever metropolis he is travelling to, successful summation to an ambulance that travels successful convoy pinch his motorcade.

One notable characteristic of nan King's wellness that has not changed complete clip is nan swollen quality of his hands.

Charles himself has moreover antecedently joked astir his fingers, daubing them 'sausage fingers' successful a missive to a friend aft nan commencement of his first son, Prince William successful 1982. 

'I can't show you really excited and proud I am. He really does look amazingly appetising and has sausage fingers conscionable for illustration mine,' he wrote, arsenic quoted successful Charles, The Man Who Will Be King by Howard Hodgson.

GP Chun Tang, Medical Director astatine Pall Mall Medical successful Manchester, antecedently told MailOnline location could beryllium galore causes for King Charles' 'sausage fingers'.

'Often puffy fingers are a denotation of h2o retention which tin beryllium caused by galore wellness conditions,' Dr Tang said.  

'This information arises owed to inflammation and tin beryllium a consequence of arthritis, aggregate bacterial infections aliases moreover TB.

'Other possibilities see precocious brackish levels, allergic reactions, medicinal broadside effects, wounded and autoimmune disease.'

The King has ne'er confirmed nan origin of his swollen digits, which are medically known arsenic dactylitis.

The King was diagnosed pinch crab successful February 2024 pursuing regular prostate surgery.

Buckingham Palace said he did not person prostate crab but would not uncover his existent diagnosis.  

He stopped nationalist engagements aft opening curen but continued doing paperwork and his play one-on-one sessions pinch nan UK Prime Minister.

In May, during 1 of his first nationalist engagements, he made a astonishment sojourn to an service barracks wherever he joked astir being 'allowed retired of my cage'. 

The circuit Down Under was hanging successful nan equilibrium for months pinch doctors worried astir nan grueling 24-hour travel and nan punishing clip difference.

New Zealand was removed from nan itinerary pursuing aesculapian advice. 

Royal commentator Ingrid Seward told GB News the King is simply a 'workaholic' who will person recovered it difficult to curtail his nationalist engagements.

'The circuit has been shortened, particularly connected nan orders of his doctors who are walking pinch him truthful that nan King won't get overtired,' she said.

'He would conscionable jump into it and tally done nan tour, shake hands everyone and shingle thousands of hands arsenic he utilized to do but he's really been held backmost a spot this time.'