live from london. this is bbc news. king charles has been diagnosed with cancer — buckingham palace says he will continue with state duties but step back from public engagements during his treatment. the palace says the cancer was identified during the king's recent trip to hospital for an enlarged prostate — but haven't said what type of cancer it is. prince harry has spoken to his father and will travel back to the uk in the coming days. hello. i'm christian fraser. welcome to our continuing coverage of our breaking story. buckingham palace has announced that the king is being treated for cancer. he will continue with state duties but will step back from public engagements during his 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. his majesty has today commenced a schedule of regular treatments, during which time he has been advised by doctors to postpone public—facing duties. throughout this period, his majesty will continue to undertake state business and official paperwork as usual. the king is grateful to his medical team for their swift intervention, which was made possible thanks to his recent hospital procedure. he remains wholly positive about his treatment and looks forward to returning to full public duty as soon as possible. the statement goes on to say... a spokesperson for the king has not revealed what type of cancer the king has but says

it is not prostate cancer. last week the king was discharged from hospital following surgery for an enlarged prostate 7 a condition the palace had described as benign. king charles was last pictured yesterday at the sunday service at the church of st mary magdalene on the sandringham estate in norfolk. it was his first public outing since his three—night hospital stay a week ago. you can see him smiling, waving to well—wishers there, so clearly on his feet and in reasonably good spirits yesterday. there have been responses from the world of politics.

in the past few minutes, the scottish first minister, humza yousaf, has been giving his reaction to the king's cancer diagnosis. can i send my thoughts and prayers to his majesty the king and wish him

well for a full recovery and a return back to public life. let me also send my very best wishes and my thoughts with her majesty the queen and all members of the royal family who will be deeply worried at this time. i don't think it matters whether you are a member of the royal family or not. if a family member has cancer, that is always going to be extremely worrying indeed, so i want to send them my very best wishes, notjust on behalf of myself, personally, the government i lead but on behalf of the entire nation. guto harri, former downing street director of communications for borisjohnson. we will talk about the anxiety there will be within their family and in wider parts of the country, but in a practical sense, what will be happening in the corridors around number ten?—

happening in the corridors around numberten? , ., _ , number ten? obviously shocking when it ha ens, number ten? obviously shocking when it happens, unnerving _ number ten? obviously shocking when it happens, unnerving but— number ten? obviously shocking when it happens, unnerving but it _ number ten? obviously shocking when it happens, unnerving but it does - it happens, unnerving but it does cause practical issues because the level of interest around the world is enormous. just responding to that is enormous. just responding to that is quite a big operation, even when you don't actually say that much, saying a little bit hopefully to an awful lot of people is something that requires a lot of organisation and a lot of management. i think in the end what it does is, much as everybody tries to contain themselves, you always wonder as you do when it happens to a close relative, friend, you wonder what if? what if they don't cope as well? what if they get down over it? that anxiety creeps into everything else and changes the tone of politics. one benign thing that will come out of this is everybody will behave in a slightly more civilised manner. you can be the most privileged person in the world, one of them,

and you are not immune from the things that affect most of us at some point in our lives. in things that affect most of us at some point in our lives. in terms of the interaction _ some point in our lives. in terms of the interaction between _ some point in our lives. in terms of the interaction between the - some point in our lives. in terms of the interaction between the palace| the interaction between the palace and numberten, the interaction between the palace and number ten, the private secretaries i presume talk to each other quite regularly but when you are talking about the statement that you put out and how carefully calibrated that is and how far you go with it, who will take the lead on that? ., ., , , , on that? their relationship is handled at — on that? their relationship is handled at a _ on that? their relationship is handled at a number- on that? their relationship is handled at a number of- on that? their relationship is i handled at a number of levels. private secretaries talk to private secretaries, communication chiefs talk to communication chiefs and what you had to make sure it is that on both sides they are talking to each other. i'm sure the prime minister will have had a conversation or will have a conversation or will have a conversation with king charles himself. they want to avoid unnecessarily accidentally anything that causes confusion and one loose word, somebody confusing something

they have heard, one slip of the tongue like that and with a global media watching, it can turn into something that is a big diversion and a little less dignified than people want these things to be. it has to be admired that he is being as open as he has. his health is a private affair. but of course, because you have worked in the world we all work in, there will be immense speculation from here on in and lots of people trying to find out what it actually is. i and lots of people trying to find out what it actually is.— out what it actually is. i think it is to his credit _ out what it actually is. i think it is to his credit so _ out what it actually is. i think it is to his credit so far _ out what it actually is. i think it is to his credit so far that - out what it actually is. i think it is to his credit so far that he i out what it actually is. i think it | is to his credit so far that he has proactively told us about an enlarged prostate, proactively allowed us to see him come out of hospital, he has not been hysterical about it, he has been very dignified, he hasn't played it down or up either and he has avoided a situation where we are guessing all of this before we are told. it is

always better when the news is proactively put out there by people who recognise the responsibility they have in public life to all the people who take an interest in their role in our constitution. but in the end, it would be nice to think they can draw a line and say that's it and the rest is private but we all know that is not true and something will emerge. we are naturally curious and every time king charles will be seen in public, there will be speculation about how he looks, whether he is smiling, whether he has lost weight. even if the bbc can conduct itself with great dignity, which it always does, there are less scrupulous people around the world, not everybody feels as positive about the concept of monarchy or this royal family. about the concept of monarchy or this royalfamily. but at least tonight they have controlled the news, they have put it out there, he has been admirably open without encouraging us to be too voyeuristic

and it's had a sobering effect on our politics and on the family who have been through a lot of trauma. i just imagine by the standards of any family, the pain they have gone through over the last couple of years, the fact that prince harry is on his way back to the uk, it's a little bit of every cloud has a tiny silver lining. little bit of every cloud has a tiny silver lining-— silver lining. sarah campbell is with us. silver lining. sarah campbell is with us- it's — silver lining. sarah campbell is with us. it's an important - silver lining. sarah campbell isj with us. it's an important point that. we had a diagnosis of cancer for sarah ferguson. there is of course the issue of the princess of wales who is recovering from abdominal surgery which by all accounts was quite serious. and the loss they have suffered in the last two years, it's a lot to go through even for a family as privileged as this. �* , , . even for a family as privileged as this. �*, , ., ., ., ., , this. it's been an extraordinary start to 20 _ this. it's been an extraordinary start to 20 24th. _ this. it's been an extraordinary start to 20 24th. so _ this. it's been an extraordinary start to 20 24th. so many - this. it's been an extraordinary l start to 20 24th. so many issues coming _ start to 20 24th. so many issues coming all— start to 20 24th. so many issues coming all at once but trying and

i've coming all at once but trying and i've been— coming all at once but trying and i've been quite interested in the amount— i've been quite interested in the amount of— i've been quite interested in the amount of information we have had today, _ amount of information we have had today, clearly saying that the weekly — today, clearly saying that the weekly meetings with rishi sunak will continue, that the king is going — will continue, that the king is going to _ will continue, that the king is going to continue looking through his red _ going to continue looking through his red boxes, so there is that feeling — his red boxes, so there is that feeling of— his red boxes, so there is that feeling of trying to keep a lid on it, feeling of trying to keep a lid on it. that — feeling of trying to keep a lid on it. that it— feeling of trying to keep a lid on it, that it is business as usual but behind—the—scenes, this is a family. we see _ behind—the—scenes, this is a family. we see him — behind—the—scenes, this is a family. we see him as the king but he is a father, _ we see him as the king but he is a father, grandfather. there are already— father, grandfather. there are already medical issues going on with other— already medical issues going on with other members of the family and now this. other members of the family and now this a— other members of the family and now this. �* ., ., , .,, other members of the family and now this. �* ., ., , ., other members of the family and now this. ., ., , ., ., this. a lot of people are always fascinated _ this. a lot of people are always fascinated by _ this. a lot of people are always fascinated by the _ this. a lot of people are always fascinated by the red _ this. a lot of people are always fascinated by the red boxes, i this. a lot of people are always - fascinated by the red boxes, which are slightly out of sight, out of mind. but the prime minister, his chief ministers and the king are every day attending to matters of state. how important is that interaction between the prime minister and the king in terms of the information being passed to and

fro? it’s the information being passed to and fro? �* , , ., ., the information being passed to and fro? �*, ., fro? it's important people understand _ fro? it's important people understand what - fro? it's important people understand what the - fro? it's important people| understand what the other fro? it's important people - understand what the other side is fro? it's important people _ understand what the other side is up to and you don't get into a situation where there is tension and misunderstanding about something the king may have said about the minister or the other way round, or a policy it is implied the king disapproves of. with the red boxes there is nothing that couldn't be in a computerfile there is nothing that couldn't be in a computer file but there is nothing that couldn't be in a computerfile but there is a bit of a ritual, but the paperwork, the decisions that have to be made never stop and that's the problem when we find with our families and with our relatives and with our friends, there is a tension between saying, you had to let go of this and rest, and the people themselves who want to carry on because a, they need to carry on, they'll don't want to sit around worried about their health, they have a duty to carry on which they have a duty to carry on which they feel very conscious of. so it's a tension to what extent is doing

thejob helping their a tension to what extent is doing the job helping their morale or hindering their recovery. i imagine his medical _ hindering their recovery. i imagine his medical team _ hindering their recovery. i imagine his medical team will— hindering their recovery. i imagine his medical team will have - hindering their recovery. i imagine his medical team will have a - hindering their recovery. i imagine his medical team will have a role l hindering their recovery. i imagine | his medical team will have a role in that. he won't be able to overexert himself if he is doing his properly. people talk about queen elizabeth ii, people talk about queen elizabeth ii, that— people talk about queen elizabeth ii, that she was working right up until— ii, that she was working right up until the — ii, that she was working right up until the very last day and so there is that— until the very last day and so there is that example to follow, that sense — is that example to follow, that sense of— is that example to follow, that sense of duty, the sense that one has to— sense of duty, the sense that one has to do— sense of duty, the sense that one has to do that. you are right his medical— has to do that. you are right his medical team will have to advise what _ medical team will have to advise what is _ medical team will have to advise what is best for his health and perhaps— what is best for his health and perhaps carrying on with the red boxes, — perhaps carrying on with the red boxes, because even if physically it is not _ boxes, because even if physically it is not a _ boxes, because even if physically it is not a strain, mentally it is. it's _ is not a strain, mentally it is. it's a — is not a strain, mentally it is. it's a positive sign, we don't need councillors involved, his health is such that he can get on with light duties and carry on behind closed doors as he would ordinarily. yes. doors as he would ordinarily. yes, and sometimes _ doors as he would ordinarily. yes, and sometimes that _ doors as he would ordinarily. yes, and sometimes that sort - doors as he would ordinarily. yes, and sometimes that sort of- doors as he would ordinarily. 1a: and sometimes that sort of life sobering moment, which this is, even

though hopefully he will be well, it is one of those things that remind you of your mortality. sometimes that clarifies a lot of decisions. i remember when borisjohnson was remember when boris johnson was taken remember when borisjohnson was taken into hospital and was in a really bad way. when he came out, it had changed his view a little bit, it had changed his attitude towards risk. it had made him less patient about getting things done that he cared about so it can affect the decision—making, usually in a positive way. so you are left again where we started with the practical issue, that the amount of work that someone like the king does in terms of literally turning up and being there and talking to people and opening things, there is an awful lot of that and someone else has to do that now and we know when one royal is out for the count, how will you share such duties?— you share such duties? maybe talk about other _ you share such duties? maybe talk about other members _ you share such duties? maybe talk about other members of _ you share such duties? maybe talk about other members of the - you share such duties? maybe talk| about other members of the family shortly. before that, let's talk about reaction from around the

world. presidentjoe biden expressing his concern upon hearing the king's diagnosis. let's hear from that. do you have a message for king charles? yes. i'm concerned about him, just heard his diagnosis, probably talk to him, god willing. and what's next on the order bill? hopefully passes in the senate. how? with enough votes. president's uppermost thoughts, that bordered bill. president biden did not come to the coronation that he feels it incumbent to call the king over the next 24—hour source so and you might recall that he did have tea with king charles at windsor castle lastjuly. duncan kennedy is in windsor for us this evening. i guess, from what we've just heard there, you can assume that actually

there, you can assume that actually there is a relationship between the two men, such that he feels he needs to call him. , ~ two men, such that he feels he needs to call him-— to call him. yes, i think it is fair to call him. yes, i think it is fair to say that- _ to call him. yes, i think it is fair to say that. they _ to call him. yes, i think it is fair to say that. they have - to call him. yes, i think it is fair to say that. they have a - to call him. yes, i think it is fair to say that. they have a decent| to say that. they have a decent relationship going there. president biden doesn't agree with all things british but the two men by all accounts got on well when they did meet. he couldn't make the coronation for whatever reasons, but people don't hold grudges, they do meet, they're able to talk about so many subjects, these have vast experience of vast years, they have been around the block a few times and they will know exactly how the world works and will have a lot in common because of that. not only president biden commenting tonight. we have had donald trump describing king charles as a wonderful man. the prime minister rishi sunak wishing the king a speedy recovery and even people like frank bruno and gary lineker have been tweeting their wishes for the king as well. really

global reaction to this story that came in at six o'clock tonight. it's no wonder, he is the head of state, this monarch figure. many years he was in the shadow of the queen, now he is the crowned king of our country and he generates this kind of reaction right around the world. but also, at the very lowest level, ordinary folk in the street that we have been speaking to in windsor have been speaking to in windsor have been speaking to in windsor have been genuinely shocked and wishing to pass on their best wishes to the king as well. we have been speaking to a man from derna in the scottish highlands. he is a royalist and says he loves or things well but he has never been to windsor before. he came here to see the castle. he was pretty shocked when we told him king charles had cancer. he said how much he admired the king, he really

liked the way the king has been getting on with his life now that he has become king. he also admires queen camilla as well, very much a fan of the royal family, queen camilla as well, very much a fan of the royalfamily, so queen camilla as well, very much a fan of the royal family, so when you tell people like that the king has cancer, it comes as quite a shock. people didn't expect it, they haven't been following the news so when we tell people, it is a genuine shock. we had a group of men from india, also on holiday, and they also were shocked. people, whenever you tell them the word cancer, it comes as a bit of a shock to them. when you meant —— mention king charles in the same sentence, it is doubly shocking to them. genuinely the feeling that this is one of those moments that they will remember, the day when it was announced that king charles has cancer but the overwhelming feeling one of shock and also determined to pass on their best wishes and hoping

he comes through this. yes. pass on their best wishes and hoping he comes through this. yes, windsor a town with — he comes through this. yes, windsor a town with a — he comes through this. yes, windsor a town with a very _ he comes through this. yes, windsor a town with a very special— a town with a very special connection to the royal family. we've also had reaction from canada in the last hour but this just in from australia, anthony albanese said, can ijust say from australia, anthony albanese said, can i just say today that the thoughts of all australians are with king charles and his family. i will be sending a message to the palace this morning and we hope king charles has a speedy recovery and a return to his duties as soon as possible. we havejust been return to his duties as soon as possible. we have just been talking about this visit to australia. the first visit he would make as king to australia which has that added importance. and the concern that there would be i guess in all corridors of power that he might not be able to go no.— be able to go no. yes, and that's back to the _ be able to go no. yes, and that's back to the attention _ be able to go no. yes, and that's back to the attention of- be able to go no. yes, and that's back to the attention of trying i be able to go no. yes, and that's back to the attention of trying to | back to the attention of trying to keep the show on the road and not doing things detrimental to your recovery and your health. that is a

really tough question and we know the concept of duty is deeply ingrained in them, they know how many people they let down if they don't go but it will have to be a hard—headed decision and it depends. we have all seen close friends and relatives go through the kind of treatments we have seen he will be on. they take their toll really badly on some people and so it is debilitating. badly on some people and so it is debilitating-— debilitating. there is a conversation _ debilitating. there is a conversation in - debilitating. there is a j conversation in canada debilitating. there is a - conversation in canada about republicanism but especially so in australia and that's why i think the king feels incumbent it is to travel this year. king feels incumbent it is to travel this ear. ., , , ~ king feels incumbent it is to travel this ear. ., , , . this year. undoubtedly. we spoke about it earlier _ this year. undoubtedly. we spoke about it earlier that _ this year. undoubtedly. we spoke about it earlier that this _ this year. undoubtedly. we spoke about it earlier that this year - this year. undoubtedly. we spoke about it earlier that this year was | about it earlier that this year was the year— about it earlier that this year was the year when those trips, they hadn't — the year when those trips, they hadn't been officially announced, but the _ hadn't been officially announced, but the expectation was he would both travel to australia and canada and tw0~ _ both travel to australia and canada and tw0~ i— both travel to australia and canada and two. i have been on those tours and two. i have been on those tours and they— and two. i have been on those tours and they are — and two. i have been on those tours and they are frenetic, they are

hectic, — and they are frenetic, they are hectic, they are massively draining and really— hectic, they are massively draining and really there is no other way to do it— and really there is no other way to do it and _ and really there is no other way to do it and so— and really there is no other way to do it and so there has to be quite a serious _ do it and so there has to be quite a serious consideration about how difficult — serious consideration about how difficult that may be. but we are going _ difficult that may be. but we are going into — difficult that may be. but we are going into the realms of speculation because _ going into the realms of speculation because we don't know how long the treatment— because we don't know how long the treatment will take, how successful, how earlv _ treatment will take, how successful, how earlv it — treatment will take, how successful, how early it has been caught so it may well— how early it has been caught so it may well be those trips will happen, 'ust may well be those trips will happen, just push— may well be those trips will happen, just push back in the schedule. that is of course — just push back in the schedule. t'isgt is of course feasible. no confirmation those visits will be. we will talk plenty more around the world and across the uk. you are watching bbc news. for our viewers here in the uk, there have been numerous responses to the king's here in the uk, there have been numerous responses to the kings at diagnosis. we've heard from prime minister rishi sunak who said he was wishing his majesty a full and speedy recovery. no doubt, he said, he would be back to full strength in no time and i know the whole country will be wishing him well. here are

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takes an adjustment, a psychological adjustment, that awful word, when the surgeon says to you that, yes, you have cancer. for him, for his family in the days since he was discharged from hospital, for the treatment for the enlarged prostate, a benign condition, we are told they will have had to just come to terms with the reality of the situation in which they find themselves. now, he's a man in his mid—seventies. he is fit, he is resilient. he keeps himself in good shape, so those will be positive aspects of this. but it is now a matter for the surgeons, for the medical team, the royal medical household to carry on with the treatment, which we are told has already begun. and we are told by buckingham palace that there are positive aspects to all of this, that this cancer, this unspecified unidentified cancer, it's not prostate cancer, as one might have assumed,

but it is a cancer nonetheless, a cancer which they have discovered in the course of treating the enlarged prostate. so it will be, one imagines, a complex programme of treatment and treatment that, of course, many millions of people have had to get used to, come to terms with and deal with in their lives. and i think both the king and buckingham palace feel that there is merit now in being as open as possible about the situation in which he finds himself. and of course, this in marked contrast to the older generation of members of the british royal family who regarded confidentiality about medical matters as a priority. so, of course, we learnt very little about the condition of the late queen, the late queen elizabeth, who died just 17 months ago. in terms of the implications for other members of the british royalfamily, well, as sarah was saying just a moment ago, there will be now much greater pressure on other senior members,

in particular prince william, in particular on queen camilla, who will be expected to step forward and take over at least some of those public—facing duties that hitherto had been expected to be performed by king charles. and it is the hope, buckingham palace tells us, that he will be able to resume those public—facing duties as soon as possible. but in reality, that surely is going to be a matter of months now and will depend entirely on how that treatment performed by the medical specialists, how that treatment goes. the important point is that not everybody will get the same treatment as the king and on another channel tonight, the prime minister is saying we have missed our waiting list targets and we know that people have died who are wanting cancer

treatment because they can't get any care. , ., , care. there is one thing this will do is push _ care. there is one thing this will do is push health _ care. there is one thing this will do is push health right - care. there is one thing this will do is push health right up - care. there is one thing this will do is push health right up to - care. there is one thing this will do is push health right up to the political agenda. do is push health right up to the politicalagenda. it do is push health right up to the political agenda. it was pretty high anyway, it's a bone of contention, there were good stories today about digitising records so that you can cut waiting lists, make the nhs more efficient. but at the moment, waiting lists are long and in some places, the impact of that is life threatening and people do die. he is obviously going to get the best treatment available and i think everybody would wish that, but it is also going to shine a light on what exactly everybody else is getting and that is going to turbo—charge theissue and that is going to turbo—charge the issue in a year when we will have a general election. than the issue in a year when we will have a general election. an issue that will no _ have a general election. an issue that will no doubt _ have a general election. an issue that will no doubt have _ have a general election. an issue that will no doubt have occurred l have a general election. an issue i that will no doubt have occurred to the prime minister at this time. plenty more reaction to come. you are looking at live pictures of buckingham palace. the royal standard is flying tonight, the king

is in residence, we will talk more about his diagnosis. hello there. it's been a blustery, cloudy, but very mild start to the week for most of us. things are going to change, mind you — this weather front and this band of cloud has brought about five inches of rain into highland scotland, and that's going to move southwards, allowing colder air to move down from the north. and we're seeing that colder air pushing into more of scotland overnight as the rain band moves into southern scotland and northern ireland. following that, a few sharp showers into northern scotland, some icy patches by the morning and a touch of frost likely here. in contrast, england and wales, those temperatures are not falling very much at all. it's still cloudy, it's still quite windy as we head into tuesday morning. and that band of rain will move away from southern scotland and northern ireland into england and wales, bringing some heavier rain over the hills of northern england and wales and eventually some rain into the midlands following that sunshine for scotland and northern ireland. wintry showers in the north of scotland, some late sunshine in northern england.

but here, it's going to be colder than it was today. the mild air, the windy air still there in southern parts of england, temperatures of 13 or m degrees. but even here, things will change overnight as this weather front takes some rain further south, allowing that colder air to move down from the north across more of the country by wednesday morning, leading to a frost, but hopefully some sunshine around. but there will be some snow showers in northern parts of scotland, some icy conditions here. we've still got some cloud and maybe a little rain at times in the far south of england and through the english channel. but otherwise, temperatures are going to be near six or seven degrees, so a chilly day. now, we've got a weather front just sitting across the english channel on wednesday. but is this area of low pressure moves in from the atlantic, so that weather front moves north, which takes rain northwards into the cold air. now, whilst we're likely to stay as rain in southern most parts of england and wales, further north, it's going to be sleet and snow that's going to be falling, that's going to bring some disruption. and there is a warning out

from the met office for thursday into thursday night. in this area, widely, there'll be a few centimetres of snow, but there'll be more than that over the hills. now, it is a yellow warning from the met office because it's so far ahead and there may well be some changes as well. one of the uncertainties is how far north this wet weather will get. it looks like thursday should be dry for scotland and northern ireland, but it will be cold.

live from london. this is bbc news. king charles has been diagnosed with cancer. buckingham palace says he will continue with state duties, but step back from public engagements during his treatment. the palace says the cancer was identified during the king's recent trip to hospital for an enlarged prostate, but haven't said what type of cancer it is. prince harry has spoken to his father and will travel back to the uk in the coming days. world leaders — including the prime minister, rishi sunak, and the us president, joe biden — send their well wishes as the king begins his treatment. hello, i'm christian fraser. if you'rejustjoining us, welcome to our continuing coverage of this breaking story. buckingham palace has announced that the king is being treated for cancer. he will continue with state duties but will step back

from public engagements during his treatment.