King Charles III's cancer was 'detected early', says Rishi Sunak.
The British Prime Minister was optimistic on Tuesday on the subject.
He adds that he will remain in close contact with the monarch to manage the country's affairs.
“Like everyone, we are shocked and sad, and all our thoughts are with him and his family.
Fortunately,
(the cancer)
was detected early and everyone wishes him to receive the treatment he needs and make a full recovery,” he said in an interview with the BBC.
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After less than a year and a half on the British throne, King Charles III has embarked on a battle with “an unspecified form of cancer”.
The sovereign assured that he was “very optimistic” about his treatment, which began on Monday.
He will continue to carry out certain functions linked to his role as head of state of 15 countries including the United Kingdom.
But while he was already resting after prostate surgery, his absence promises to be longer than expected and it comes at a time when the very popular Kate, the wife of his heir William, is also in a long convalescence after a mysterious abdominal operation.
It is therefore above all up to Queen Camilla, 76 years old, and William, 41 years old, who must resume his activities on Wednesday after remaining at his wife's bedside in recent days, to represent the monarchy to the public.
It was during a recent intervention for benign prostatic hypertrophy that this “form of cancer” was identified, Buckingham Palace explained Monday evening, which made it known that it was not a 'prostate cancer.
The choice of transparency
Without delay, Prince Harry, Charles' youngest son and based in California, announced that he plans to return to the United Kingdom to see his father despite the notorious tensions between the Duke of Sussex and his father as well as his older brother.
According to British media, he will come alone, without his wife Meghan and their two children, Archie and Lilibet, as during the coronation.
After learning of the diagnosis, US President Joe Biden highlighted the “courage” needed in the face of cancer, while Frenchman Emmanuel Macron sent his “friends to the king”, joining in the wishes for recovery that poured in from the entire class British politics, including Scottish separatists or Northern Irish republicans.
Like his operation for a benign prostate problem, Charles III chose transparency, citing the need to raise public awareness of prevention and breaking with the secrecy that surrounded the health of Queen Elizabeth II.