King Charles Shares Message for World Cancer Day 1 Year After Diagnosis News: 'Sending Love to All'

Mar. 15, 2025

King Charlesis sending words of support on World Cancer Day one year after Buckingham Palace announced that he wasdiagnosed with cancerand began treatment.

On Feb. 4, King Charles, 76, andQueen Camilla’s team shared a message and video across their official social media channels, highlighting cancer resources or research groups that they back as a patron or president.

“This World Cancer Day, we are sending love to all those navigating a cancer diagnosis – as well as the incredible doctors, nurses, charities and families who work tirelessly to support them,” the message said with a heart hands emoji.

Roberts said as the clip closed, “Don’t be afraid to ask for help, and if you can, do something every day that makes you truly happy. When I was diagnosed with bowel cancer, it was overwhelming. I knew I couldn’t control what it did to my body, but I was determined not to let it affect my spirit. You’ve got this. Lots of love.”

World Cancer Day is observed internationally on Feb. 4, and the King’s office shared the latest message on the eve of the first anniversary of his cancer diagnosis announcement. On Feb. 5, 2024, the palace shared that the British sovereign wasdiagnosed with cancerand commenced treatment.

“During The King’s recent hospital procedure for benign prostate enlargement, a separate issue of concern was noted. Subsequent diagnostic tests have identified a form of cancer,” the palace statement said then, referring to the procedure he had had that January for abenign enlarged prostate.

A spokesmanclarifiedthen that the King did not have prostate cancer, and he resumed public-facing duties in late April with a visit to University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre to meet patients and medical specialists. The monarch made the stop to emphasize the importance of early cancer detection and learn more about the work of the medical center and told a patient, “It’s alwaysa bit of shockwhen they tell you.”

King Charles at University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre in London on April 30, 2024.SUZANNE PLUNKETT/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

SUZANNE PLUNKETT/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

The King’s treatment for cancer is understood to be ongoing, and a palace source said shortly before Christmas that his treatment would continue into the new year “managed condition.”

“His treatment has been moving in a positive direction and as a managed condition the treatment cycle will continue into next year,” palace sources said in late December.

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“Don’t forget to nurture all that which lies beyond the disease. C,” the Princess of Wales wrote on social media, adding the hashtag #WorldCancerDay.

source: people.com