LONDON. The shock announcement arrived in the evening: King Charles III has cancer and will suspend public commitments while undergoing treatment. The statement from Buckingham Palace comes just over a week after he underwent surgery to treat a benign enlargement of the prostate. And less than a year and a half after Charles ascended the throne upon the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth, in September 2022. The Royal House did not want to specify where the tumor is located or what type it is, but to what extent learns it's not about the prostate. The news shocked the United Kingdom, suddenly throwing it into a sense of uncertainty. The past few weeks have been particularly hard for the royal family, with the King's prostate operation and Kate's delicate operation of an unspecified nature on her abdomen, resulting in a long convalescence. And now Charles' cancer, which has personally warned his two sons, the heir William and the rebel prince Harry: the latter is arriving from California to be next to his father. The reactions were immediate: from Sunak to Biden (“I'm worried, I'll talk to him soon”), everyone had a thought for the King.
Buckingham Palace in its statement explained how «during the recent intervention another issue of concern emerged. Subsequent diagnostic tests identified a form of cancer.” The Royal Household makes it known that the King remains “positive” regarding his treatment and that, if public commitments are postponed, he will continue for the moment to continue with his constitutional duties as head of state and that therefore there will be no need for a deputy formal. Queen Camilla, William (who has announced his return to public activity for tomorrow, after his absence from the scene to assist Kate), Prince Edward and Princess Anne, but not Andrew and Harry, will take their place in public engagements. , demoted and removed from the royal house. The King “looks forward to returning to full public service as soon as possible”, the court said. The royal statement, although lacking in details, nevertheless represents a significant break with the secrecy that traditionally accompanies the health conditions of members of the Royal Household, both British and beyond. A choice of transparency perhaps inevitable in these times but taken – explains Buckingham Palace – to “avoid inferences and in the hope that it can help understand the condition of all those in the world who are affected by cancer”.
Two days ago, Charles was seen at Sunday mass at Sandringham church, near the royal country residence in Norfolk, the first time in public after leaving the clinic, smiling and responding to people's greetings. Yesterday the court, at the same time as the announcement, published a new image of Carlo, standing, arms behind his back, with a resolute look. Almost as if to reassure a country that has felt a little more disoriented since yesterday.
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