Prince Harry leaves for London as his father, King Charles III, receives cancer diagnosis

Prince Harry went to visit his dad, King Charles III, at his house in London on Tuesday. This was reported by the British media. This was just one day after the king said that he has cancer.

The king’s youngest son was seen getting out of a car at Clarence House, which is near Buckingham Palace. He had just flown in from Los Angeles.

The two don’t get along well. Harry stopped working for the royal family in 2020 and went to live in California with his wife, Meghan. The king, who is 75 years old, has cancer. He is getting treatment for it. Royal officials said this on Monday.

The news surprised and surprised the whole country. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the illness was found quickly and everyone in the country is hoping for a fast recovery.

Buckingham Palace said on Monday evening that the King has started going to the hospital for treatment for a type of cancer that has not been told to the public. It was discovered while he was in the hospital for his enlarged prostate, but it’s not prostate cancer, the palace said.

“Good news, we found this problem early,” Sunak said on BBC radio. He also said that if he becomes prime minister, he will keep talking to him like usual.

“Many families across the country have experienced the same thing and they understand how important it is to everyone,” Sunak said. “We will support him and hope that he gets better as soon as possible. ”

Less than a year and a half since becoming king, the 75-year-old monarch has stopped appearing in public, but will keep doing his official duties, like meeting with the prime minister. He will not give up his role as head of the country.

The palace said that Charles, who is usually healthy, feels good about his treatment and wants to get back to work soon.

Charles became the new king in September 2022, after his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, passed away at the age of 96. She had been the queen for 70 years.

The king is sick and his daughter-in-law Kate, who is a princess, had surgery on her stomach and had to stay in the hospital for two weeks.

Kate is resting and taking a break from her royal work while she gets better. Her husband, Prince William, will be taking care of her and their three children. He is also going to attend a ceremony at Windsor Castle and a charity dinner on Wednesday because he is next in line to be king.

Charles did something different from what is usually done by royal people by talking openly about his prostate condition. For many years, the Royal Family kept quiet about their health.

Sharing a limited amount of information about his cancer diagnosis is also different from what is usually done.

The United Kingdom Monarchs had a lot of control, and they kept their illnesses a secret so people wouldn’t think they were not strong leaders. The royals kept being secretive even after they became more like symbols than rulers.

The British people didn’t know that Charles’ grandfather, King George VI, had lung cancer before he died in February 1952 at 56 years old. Some historians say that the king didn’t know he was very sick.

In the last years of Elizabeth’s life, the public was only told that the queen was having trouble moving around when she started to miss public events at the end of her life. The reason she died was because she was very old.

Public figures often struggle with deciding when and how much to talk about their illness. It’s a hard topic for them. The United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin didn’t tell President Joe Biden or other important people that he had prostate cancer and was in intensive care in January for complications after surgery.

Buckingham Palace said that the king has decided to tell people about his illness to stop them from wondering and in the hope that it might help others who are also affected by cancer.

Charles became king and wanted to have fewer senior royals doing ceremonial events for the country. However, with Charles and Kate both unable to work for a while, Prince Harry moved to California and Prince Andrew kept out of the public eye due to his connection to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the royal family faces the risk of having too much to handle.

William and Charles’ wife, Queen Camilla, will have to do more public events while the king is getting treated.

Currently, there are no plans for senior royals like the queen and the heir to the throne to take over the monarch’s duties, like signing laws and meeting with ambassadors.