Charles III makes his first public appearance in London since his cancer announcement

Seventeen months after ascending to the English throne, Charles III announced that he was suffering from cancer in a summary press release issued by Buckingham Palace on Monday, February 5. The day after this announcement, which shocked the United Kingdom, the king appeared smiling in his car in London. Sitting next to his wife Camilla, he greeted passers-by gathered outside his Clarence House residence in the heart of the English capital.

According to the AP news agency, the King and Queen of England were supposed to go to the nearby Buckingham Palace, and then take a helicopter to the Sandringham residence in the east of the country.

The cancer was caught early

“Charles III and his doctors are very, very optimistic,” the unnamed source said Daily Mail: , Monday February 5. The 75-year-old sovereign would be in a positive mood indeed in light of the news of his cancer. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, for his part, is satisfied that the disease was detected so early. “Like everyone else, we are shocked and saddened and all our thoughts are with him and his family,” he told the BBC on Tuesday 6 February. fortunately [le cancer] he was caught early and everyone wants him to get the treatment he needs and make a full recovery.” So far, Buckingham Palace has not specified the type of cancer that Charles III is suffering from, but it has been noted that it is not prostate cancer.

The return of Prince Harry

Prince Harry, who is in exile in the United States and has been at loggerheads with the royal family, arrived in London on Tuesday afternoon to visit his father following the shock cancer announcement, British media reported. Agreed The TelegraphThe Duke of Sussex, who stepped down from his royal duties in 2020, arrived at Heathrow Airport after an overnight flight before heading straight to Clarence House, Charles and Camilla’s London residence.

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