🔗 Share this article Monarch to Broadcast Intimate Address on Illness in Television Address The Monarch has filmed a personal message regarding his journey with cancer, which will be broadcast as part of this year's fundraising drive, run by Cancer Research UK and a major network. The royal household stated the King would reflect on his "healing process" as a individual battling cancer, in a video message on Friday at 20:00 GMT. The message, taped inside a royal residence two weeks ago, will stress the importance of preventative health checks to increase the likelihood more people catch the illness at an initial point. This represents a rare update on the medical condition of the Sovereign, who has been undergoing regular treatment since his condition was announced in early last year. However, it is believed improbable the King will disclose his type of cancer. Awareness Primary Goal The awareness event each year collects money for medical research and patient care and prompts people to get check-ups to improve the probability of an prompt identification. The King's public discussion about his health challenge, and his experience as a patient, has been aimed to raise awareness and to persuade more people to get screened - and this will be taken a step further with this unique royal involvement. Up until now the King's main approach to his cancer has been to keep working, maintaining a full diary despite his ongoing course of treatment, and he is understood not to have sought to be defined by his diagnosis. Recently has seen the King, 77, undertaking several overseas trips, including to Italy and Canada, and welcoming the biggest number of inward state visits to the UK for almost 40 years, which included the German president recently. Charity Evening Programme This Friday's charity broadcast on television, presented by celebrities such as a team of famous hosts, will encourage people not to be scared of getting cancer checks. Each presenter have been personally touched by cancer - one host revealed last month she had received treatment for a tumour, while Clare Balding was diagnosed with thyroid cancer over a decade ago. Host Hills has previously spoken about his parent, who had one form of cancer and then later blood cancer. The show will target the roughly 9m people in the UK who health organisations estimate are not compliant with NHS screening schemes, with an online checker to let people see if they are able for examinations for key health indicators. In an effort to demystify cancer checks and demonstrate the benefit of early diagnosis there will be a real-time transmission from cancer clinics at Addenbrooke's and Royal Papworth hospitals in Cambridge. "I want to remove the anxiety from cancer screening and prove everyone that they are not isolated in this," commented Davina McCall. Understanding Health Checks At present in the UK, there are a number of NHS cancer screening programmes - for specific cancers - offered to specific demographics. A new preventative initiative is also being slowly rolled out for anyone at increased risk of being diagnosed with the disease, focusing on people of a certain age, who currently smoke or used to. Men may request specific tests, but there is no national programme currently available. Funding Research The fundraising initiative, which has collected £113m over the past decade, is financing 73 clinical trials with thousands of patients. King Charles, in a message for dignitaries at a event for support groups in earlier this year, had referred to understanding the "daunting and at times frightening experience" for those diagnosed and their loved ones. But he noted his first-hand encounter of managing cancer had revealed that "the darkest moments of sickness can be brightened by the greatest compassion," as he thanked those who cared for individuals with the illness. Royal representatives has not made public the nature of cancer the King has, or the therapies he has been given. The King's cancer was detected following he had received a medical treatment.
The Monarch has filmed a personal message regarding his journey with cancer, which will be broadcast as part of this year's fundraising drive, run by Cancer Research UK and a major network. The royal household stated the King would reflect on his "healing process" as a individual battling cancer, in a video message on Friday at 20:00 GMT. The message, taped inside a royal residence two weeks ago, will stress the importance of preventative health checks to increase the likelihood more people catch the illness at an initial point. This represents a rare update on the medical condition of the Sovereign, who has been undergoing regular treatment since his condition was announced in early last year. However, it is believed improbable the King will disclose his type of cancer. Awareness Primary Goal The awareness event each year collects money for medical research and patient care and prompts people to get check-ups to improve the probability of an prompt identification. The King's public discussion about his health challenge, and his experience as a patient, has been aimed to raise awareness and to persuade more people to get screened - and this will be taken a step further with this unique royal involvement. Up until now the King's main approach to his cancer has been to keep working, maintaining a full diary despite his ongoing course of treatment, and he is understood not to have sought to be defined by his diagnosis. Recently has seen the King, 77, undertaking several overseas trips, including to Italy and Canada, and welcoming the biggest number of inward state visits to the UK for almost 40 years, which included the German president recently. Charity Evening Programme This Friday's charity broadcast on television, presented by celebrities such as a team of famous hosts, will encourage people not to be scared of getting cancer checks. Each presenter have been personally touched by cancer - one host revealed last month she had received treatment for a tumour, while Clare Balding was diagnosed with thyroid cancer over a decade ago. Host Hills has previously spoken about his parent, who had one form of cancer and then later blood cancer. The show will target the roughly 9m people in the UK who health organisations estimate are not compliant with NHS screening schemes, with an online checker to let people see if they are able for examinations for key health indicators. In an effort to demystify cancer checks and demonstrate the benefit of early diagnosis there will be a real-time transmission from cancer clinics at Addenbrooke's and Royal Papworth hospitals in Cambridge. "I want to remove the anxiety from cancer screening and prove everyone that they are not isolated in this," commented Davina McCall. Understanding Health Checks At present in the UK, there are a number of NHS cancer screening programmes - for specific cancers - offered to specific demographics. A new preventative initiative is also being slowly rolled out for anyone at increased risk of being diagnosed with the disease, focusing on people of a certain age, who currently smoke or used to. Men may request specific tests, but there is no national programme currently available. Funding Research The fundraising initiative, which has collected £113m over the past decade, is financing 73 clinical trials with thousands of patients. King Charles, in a message for dignitaries at a event for support groups in earlier this year, had referred to understanding the "daunting and at times frightening experience" for those diagnosed and their loved ones. But he noted his first-hand encounter of managing cancer had revealed that "the darkest moments of sickness can be brightened by the greatest compassion," as he thanked those who cared for individuals with the illness. Royal representatives has not made public the nature of cancer the King has, or the therapies he has been given. The King's cancer was detected following he had received a medical treatment.