Inside King Charles’ rigid diet and strict exercise routine

King Charles always made sure to maintain a strict diet and strict daily exercise routine in the decades leading up to his accession to the throne.

The 75-year-old monarch was diagnosed with a type of cancer on Monday after a medical exam last month revealed an unrelated enlarged prostate that was found to be benign.

Buckingham Palace has issued a statement saying the king remains in good health, but the diagnosis will come as a painful shock to the health-conscious king.

He will now take a temporary break from public life, but other than a few injuries from his long polo career and two bouts with coronavirus during the pandemic, he has lived a surprisingly healthy life so far.

Among the list of 70 facts published by Clarence House to commemorate the then Prince Charles' 70th birthday in 2018, Prince Charles limits himself to two meals a day. has become clear.

Fact number 20 is “Princes don't eat lunch.”

Gordon Rayner, former royal correspondent telegraph paperthe king once said he believed lunch was a “luxury” that interfered with his busy schedule.

Former press secretary Julian Payne also said: So an early lesson I learned when going out with him was to eat a big breakfast or bring some snack bars to stay energized. Working days are pretty tough. Start with radio news headlines and a breakfast of seasonal fruit salad, seeds and tea. ”

It is said that the king also liked homemade bread made from nutritious flours such as rye and spelled flour, as well as eggs and side salads with every meal.

Specifically, she loves soft-boiled eggs that have been boiled for 2 to 3 minutes, and her favorite is to mix them with mayonnaise.

Wild mushrooms and plums from his Highgrove garden are also among his favorite foods, as are salmon, cheese and biscuits.

According to a 2021 interview with the BBC, Charles also avoids meat and fish two days a week, and one day of those days he also avoids dairy products.

In the month that Prince Charles was coronated, Buckingham Palace posted an application for a live-in vegan chef to prepare meals for the monarch.

He has previously stated that the main purpose of intermittent veganism is to benefit the environment and avoids meat sourced from factory farms.

The King is also passionate about organic produce, as former royal chefs Darren McGrady and Carolyn Robb told Delish in May 2023.

McGrady said Prince Charles had been eyeing organic produce “before it was invented”, and Robb agreed that the monarch's farm was one of the first in the whole of Britain to be certified organic. did.

In addition to a strict diet, the monarch is also believed to follow a strict exercise routine.

telegraph paper reported in 2020 that Charles completed the Canadian Air Force's five basic exercises, called Project 5XB, twice a day.

This therapy was designed for pilots who need to be able to exercise without a gym.

The 11-minute workout includes 10 eagle jumps every 75 steps, 2 minutes of stretching, 1 minute of sit-ups, 1 minute of back and leg raises, 1 minute of push-ups, and 6 minutes of in-place movements. Includes running.

Prince Harry revealed in his explosive memoir Spare that the king regularly did half-naked headstands to relieve chronic pain from an old polo injury.

The Duke of Sussex wrote that Prince Charles performed these exercises every day in his boxer shorts, “propping himself against doors or hanging from a bar like a master acrobat.”

Queen Camilla also revealed that the King is an avid walker. In 2020, she described her husband, who was in his early 70s, as “probably the healthiest man his age I know.”

“He walks and walks and walks,” she said. “He's like a mountain goat. He leaves everyone behind for miles.”

She went on to say that King Charles often takes miles of walks.