🔗 Share this article Monarch to Share Personal Message on His Health Battle in Television Programme The Monarch has taped a intimate address concerning his battle with cancer, which will be broadcast as part of this year's Stand Up To Cancer initiative, spearheaded by Cancer Research UK and Channel 4. The royal household confirmed the King would talk about his "path to recovery" as a cancer patient, in a recorded address on Friday evening at 8pm UK time. The message, taped inside a royal residence a fortnight ago, will highlight the critical nature of cancer screening checks to help guarantee more people diagnose the disease at an early stage. This constitutes a rare update on the health of the Monarch, who has been receiving ongoing care since revealing his diagnosis in early last year. But it is thought improbable the King will specify his type of cancer. Fundraising Core Mission The annual charity initiative each year generates donations for scientific studies and treatment and prompts people to get check-ups to improve the odds of an prompt identification. The King's relative openness about his illness, and his experience as a patient, has been intended to increase understanding and to persuade more people to get checked - and this will be taken a step further with this unique direct participation. So far the King's main approach to his cancer has been to continue his schedule, preserving a hectic timetable in spite of his frequent sessions of therapy, and he appears not to have sought to be overshadowed by his condition. The past twelve months has seen the King, 77, taking several foreign visits, including to Italy and Canada, and receiving the largest volume of inward state visits to the UK for almost 40 years, which included the German president in recent days. Charity Special Show Friday evening's charity show on television, presented by well-known figures like a team of famous hosts, will urge people not to be frightened of getting health screenings. Each presenter have been had experience with cancer - McCall said last month she had undergone surgery for a tumour, while another presenter was overcame a thyroid condition over a decade ago. Host Hills has previously spoken about his late father, who had stomach cancer and then later another illness. The programme will appeal to the estimated nine million people in the UK who health organisations says are not compliant with public health checks, with an website to let people check if they are qualified for tests for several common cancers. In an effort to clarify health tests and illustrate the value of timely identification there will be a live broadcast from treatment centres at two Cambridge hospitals in Cambridge. "The goal is to reduce the stigma surrounding cancer screening and prove everyone that they are not on their own in this," said a presenter. Available Screening Programmes At present in the UK, there are several key national health screening services - for specific cancers - accessible for eligible individuals. A recently launched preventative initiative is also being slowly rolled out for anyone at high risk of contracting the condition, specifically targeting people in a specific age bracket, who are smokers or used to. Male patients may discuss prostate cancer checks, but there is no national programme operational. Ongoing Efforts The fundraising initiative, which has raised over one hundred million pounds over the past decade, is supporting dozens of research studies involving 13,000 patients. The Monarch, in a message for dignitaries at a reception for cancer charities in April, had spoken of understanding the "daunting and at times frightening situation" for cancer sufferers and their loved ones. But he said his experience of coping with cancer had demonstrated that "periods of great challenge of disease can be brightened by the support of carers," as he praised those who looked after individuals with the illness. Official sources has not made public what kind of cancer the King has, or the therapies he has been given. The King's cancer was detected after he had had a medical treatment.
The Monarch has taped a intimate address concerning his battle with cancer, which will be broadcast as part of this year's Stand Up To Cancer initiative, spearheaded by Cancer Research UK and Channel 4. The royal household confirmed the King would talk about his "path to recovery" as a cancer patient, in a recorded address on Friday evening at 8pm UK time. The message, taped inside a royal residence a fortnight ago, will highlight the critical nature of cancer screening checks to help guarantee more people diagnose the disease at an early stage. This constitutes a rare update on the health of the Monarch, who has been receiving ongoing care since revealing his diagnosis in early last year. But it is thought improbable the King will specify his type of cancer. Fundraising Core Mission The annual charity initiative each year generates donations for scientific studies and treatment and prompts people to get check-ups to improve the odds of an prompt identification. The King's relative openness about his illness, and his experience as a patient, has been intended to increase understanding and to persuade more people to get checked - and this will be taken a step further with this unique direct participation. So far the King's main approach to his cancer has been to continue his schedule, preserving a hectic timetable in spite of his frequent sessions of therapy, and he appears not to have sought to be overshadowed by his condition. The past twelve months has seen the King, 77, taking several foreign visits, including to Italy and Canada, and receiving the largest volume of inward state visits to the UK for almost 40 years, which included the German president in recent days. Charity Special Show Friday evening's charity show on television, presented by well-known figures like a team of famous hosts, will urge people not to be frightened of getting health screenings. Each presenter have been had experience with cancer - McCall said last month she had undergone surgery for a tumour, while another presenter was overcame a thyroid condition over a decade ago. Host Hills has previously spoken about his late father, who had stomach cancer and then later another illness. The programme will appeal to the estimated nine million people in the UK who health organisations says are not compliant with public health checks, with an website to let people check if they are qualified for tests for several common cancers. In an effort to clarify health tests and illustrate the value of timely identification there will be a live broadcast from treatment centres at two Cambridge hospitals in Cambridge. "The goal is to reduce the stigma surrounding cancer screening and prove everyone that they are not on their own in this," said a presenter. Available Screening Programmes At present in the UK, there are several key national health screening services - for specific cancers - accessible for eligible individuals. A recently launched preventative initiative is also being slowly rolled out for anyone at high risk of contracting the condition, specifically targeting people in a specific age bracket, who are smokers or used to. Male patients may discuss prostate cancer checks, but there is no national programme operational. Ongoing Efforts The fundraising initiative, which has raised over one hundred million pounds over the past decade, is supporting dozens of research studies involving 13,000 patients. The Monarch, in a message for dignitaries at a reception for cancer charities in April, had spoken of understanding the "daunting and at times frightening situation" for cancer sufferers and their loved ones. But he said his experience of coping with cancer had demonstrated that "periods of great challenge of disease can be brightened by the support of carers," as he praised those who looked after individuals with the illness. Official sources has not made public what kind of cancer the King has, or the therapies he has been given. The King's cancer was detected after he had had a medical treatment.