RFK Jr advisor claims King Charles and Kate Middleton’s cancers linked to Covid vaccine: Report

WASHINGTON, DC: A leading adviser to anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr is reportedly drawing controversy with a claim involving Britain’s royals.

It was announced last year that King Charles and his daughter-in-law, Kate Middleton, were both undergoing treatment for cancer. 

RFK Jr advisor claims royals 'highly likely' developed cancer due to mRNA vaccine

Dr Aseem Malhotra, a British cardiologist who advises the RFK Jr-linked activist group MAHA Action, alleged that King Charles and Kate Middleton could have developed cancer from the Covid-19 mRNA vaccine.

Malhotra, whose views have often been rejected by the medical community, was expected to make the claim during a speech at the Reform Party’s annual conference in Birmingham, England, as per a report by The Daily Beast.

“We have several published mechanisms of how the mRNA vaccine can increase the risk of cancer confirmed by… Steven Hatfill," Malhotra has reportedly claimed. 

"This is also supported by one of Britain’s most eminent oncologists, Angus Dalgleish, who is happy for me to share today that he believes it is highly likely members of the royal family developed cancer because of the Covid jab," he further added. 

RFK Jr advisor cites controversial research on Covid vaccine

Aseem Malhotra and Steven Hatfill, a former Donald Trump health advisor who pushed hydroxychloroquine during the first administration, point to a 2025 paper by Paul Marik and Justus Hope published in the Journal of Independent Medicine.

The paper, titled "COVID-19 mRNA-Induced 'Turbo Cancers,'" argues that the vaccine may drive cancer risk. However, leading experts say the review is based on anecdotes and speculative mechanisms rather than solid evidence.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) have all said there is no proof that Covid-19 vaccine causes or worsens cancer.

Dalgleish, emeritus professor of oncology at the University of London, has also claimed boosters can accelerate cancer, a position repeatedly rejected by cancer researchers.

“While we do not know that Charles and Kate’s unexpected cancers were caused by the vaccines, as they both presented with benign conditions… it is highly likely,” said Dalgleish, as per the publication.

White House rejects Aseem Malhotra's claims about Trump administration 

Aseem Malhotra went on to say that there are people within the Donald Trump administration and even his family who agree with RFK Jr's view that vaccines cause “injuries.”

The Daily Beast contacted Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace, the Department of Health and Human Services, and Dalgleish for comments.

White House spokesman Kush Desai dismissed the notion, saying, “This individual is not a member of the Administration, and does not represent the Administration’s thinking or planning."

Desai added, "The Daily Beast should expend its obviously limited capabilities on trying to accurately cover the people who actually can speak on behalf of the Administration.”