King Charles: How Cancer Experience Brought ‘Best Of Humanity’ Into Focus
The King has poignantly reflected on his experience of cancer, saying it had brought into “sharp focus the very best of humanity” and telling cancer charities: “You have my whole family’s deepest admiration and gratitude.”
Charles described how diagnosis is “daunting and at times frightening”, in a deeply personal, written message, released to coincide with a Buckingham Palace reception he hosted to celebrate organisations helping people with the disease.
He described himself as one of the “statistics” among the 390,000 who “sadly” receive a cancer diagnosis across the UK each year.
But he said he could vouch that it “can also be an experience that brings into sharp focus the very best of humanity”.
The monarch, 76, who is still undergoing treatment more than a year on from his diagnosis, revealed his cancer journey had given him “an even deeper appreciation of the extraordinary work” of the charities.
Charles also told how it had reinforced how “the darkest moments of illness can be illuminated by the greatest compassion”.
And he hailed the late Dame Deborah James as an inspiration, quoting her final message and encouraging everyone to follow her example: “Find a life worth enjoying; take risks; love deeply; have no regrets; and always, always have rebellious hope.”
Dame Deborah died in June 2022 at the age of 40, five years after she was diagnosed with bowel cancer, and her Bowelbabe fund has raised more than £16 million since it was launched.
The King’s message was printed in a booklet given out at the Palace’s Wednesday evening reception to guests, including Dame Deborah’s parents Heather and Alistair.
A royal source said there was no update on the King’s condition or treatment, but that it continued in a “very positive direction”, reflected in his “very full” national and international diary programme.
Jeremy Kyle is joined by royal commentator Robert Jobson.
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