The British ruler met with his Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Buckingham Palace this Wednesday.
King Charles III said this Wednesday, February 21, that he has been “moved to tears” by the messages of support and cards he has received since announcing he had cancer earlier this month, Sky News reports.
The British ruler met, as he does every Wednesday, with his Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the first audience between the two men since the announcement of the king's cancer at Buckingham Palace.
During the meeting, the head of government was happy to see the king “so well” and assured him: “The whole country is behind you.”
The king was also present at the Privy Council
The king also took part in the Privy Council, the body responsible for advising the monarch, on Wednesday afternoon. The king recently appeared on Sunday on his way to church services in Sandringham in the east of England.
Less than 18 months after ascending the throne, the ruler began treatment earlier this month for an unspecified type of cancer, such as: We know that the disease was recently diagnosed during a procedure for benign prostate enlargement, but that it is not prostate cancer. Rishi Sunak said the disease was detected “early”.
If he continues some of his administrative functions, he will remain absent from public life indefinitely, the palace said.
In a message of thanks about ten days ago, the King said he was pleased that making his illness public had “helped to raise awareness among the general public and shine a light on the work of all organizations, who support cancer patients and their families across the UK and the rest of the world.”
Hugues Garnier with AFP journalist BFMTV