This Wednesday, for the first time since the announcement of the cancer from which the 75-year-old sovereign is suffering, King Charles III received British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in person for his weekly audience at Buckingham Palace. During the meeting, the head of government was delighted to see the king “so good”, assuring him: “the whole country is behind you”.
King Charles III received British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in person on Wednesday for his weekly audience at Buckingham Palace, for the first time since the 75-year-old sovereign was diagnosed with cancer, according to images broadcast by British television. . During the meeting, the head of government was delighted to see the king “so good”, assuring him: “the whole country is behind you”.
“Wonderful” messages of support
Charles, for his part, spoke of the “wonderful” messages of support he has received since the announcement of his illness on February 5, confiding that these demonstrations brought him “to tears”. The king also took part on Wednesday afternoon in the “Privy Council”, the body responsible for advising the monarch. Recently, the king appeared going to worship on Sunday at Sandringham, in the east of England. Less than 18 months after acceding to the throne, the sovereign began treatment at the beginning of the month for a form of cancer which was not specified.
We know that the disease was detected during a recent operation for benign prostatic hypertrophy but that it is not prostate cancer. Rishi Sunak said the disease was detected “early”. If he will continue some of his administrative functions, he will be absent from public life for an indefinite period, the palace announced. In a message of thanks about ten days ago, the king was delighted to see that the fact of having made his illness public had “helped to raise awareness among the general public and to highlight the work of all these organizations which support cancer patients and their families across the UK and the rest of the world.”