King Charles III recorded a video message to support a campaign to fight cancer, an illness from which he himself suffers, Buckingham Palace, the official residence of the British royal family, reported this Friday. The campaign is titled Stand up against cancer (Facing cancer), launched jointly earlier this month by the organization Cancer Research UK, which studies this disease, and British television Channel 4.
According to the palace, this task aims to highlight the importance of early diagnosis, raise funds for research and support all those affected by the disease.
Early last year, the king announced that he was suffering from cancer which was undergoing treatment, but without providing details. Some media They assumed it was prostate cancerbut the palace never confirmed this.
The head of state’s message will be broadcast today on Channel 4 at 8:00 p.m. GMT, after being recorded in the last week of November in a room at Clarence House, near Buckingham Palace. Charles III received outpatient oncological treatment since the beginning of February 2024 and, according to media reports, these would involve weekly sessions in a clinic in London.
In any case, cancer does not seem to affect his activities as head of state. In addition to the monarch, his daughter-in-law, Princess of Wales Catherine (Kate) Middleton also suffers from cancer, no details of which have been provided. He reported this via video in March 2024 and was absent from public activities for some time during his treatment. but lately he has resumed his public agenda
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