Cancer-stricken monarch King Charles was wheeled out covered in thick "stage make-up" this week to cover the ravages left by chemo but it left him looking like a waxwork dummy.

British monarch King Charles III is marking his 76th birthday by opening two food distribution hubs amid his battle with cancer.

King Charles III, battling cancer, appeared to be in good spirits during a Royal meet-and-greet with the cast of the Gladiator sequel. Charles happily greeted Gladiator II stars Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington,

King Charles faced a "cancer scare some years before," Robert Hardman writes in an updated version of the book, "Charles III," according to the Daily Mail.

King Charles III is celebrating his 76th birthday today. He will spend the day at the opening of a food hub that will distribute excess food - that would be otherwise be thrown away - to food banks, schools and community centres.

Britain's head of state King Charles III turned 76 on Thursday, after a torrid year in which both he and his daughter-in-law Catherine, Princess of Wales, have battled cancer.