Kate Middleton news: King Charles gives Easter message in first statement since Princess’s diagnosis
The King is set to give a personal Easter message in what will be his first public statement since the Princess of Wales’s shock revelation of her cancer diagnosis.
As he also undergoes treatment for the disease, Charles is to stress the importance of acts of friendship “especially in a time of need” in pre-recorded audio that will be broadcast in his absence at a Royal Maundy service in Worcester Cathedral on Thursday.
It comes after Queen Camilla said Kate “will be thrilled” after receiving posters from well-wishers while on a visit to Shrewsbury on Wednesday afternoon.
The princess released an emotional video message last Friday revealing she has started a course of preventative chemotherapy.
She later was said to be “extremely moved” by the public support following her announcement.
Kate faced mounting online conspiracy theories about her whereabouts and her condition after retreating from public view to recuperate following major abdominal surgery in January.
Meanwhile, Charles is set to return to his public duties on Easter Sunday. The monarch, whose cancer was discovered when he underwent surgery for an enlarged prostate in January, will attend an Easter service at the chapel at Windsor Castle with Camilla on Sunday.
King hails importance of care and friendship in times of need in Easter message
The King is to stress the importance of acts of friendship “especially in a time of need” in a personal Easter message in the wake of his and the Princess of Wales’s cancer diagnosis.
Charles’s pre-recorded audio – his first public words since Kate revealed she was undergoing chemotherapy – will be broadcast at a Royal Maundy service in Worcester Cathedral on Thursday.
He will say how Jesus set an “example of how we should serve and care for each other”, and how as a nation “we need and benefit greatly from those who extend the hand of friendship to us, especially in a time of need”.
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