today, journey may take place today, certainly it is entered and though the word is that meghan markle is to remain in california, meant to sedo home, about 90 miles up the coast from here with their children. but prince harry, we hear, was told personally, of course by king charles of his a diagnosis today along with prince william, of course as well. and there is a lot of concern here in the united states given the close ties between the two nations. we have heard from leaders here, canada and australia, other parts of the commonwealth as well. really interesting comments tonight from president biden. he didn't come to the coronation but said that he was concerned to hear about the king's health and would be calling him imminently, but suggests there is a relationship between the two men. , �*

men. yes, indeed. and he went further, christian, _ men. yes, indeed. and he went further, christian, later- men. yes, indeed. and he went further, christian, later on, - men. yes, indeed. and he wentj further, christian, later on, that was during a pit stop in las vegas. he went further, of course on the platform, the social media platform, i will tell you about that in a minute. let's hear now what president biden had to say when, just after the news of king charles diagnosis became public. 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. later kamas i say, president biden went on the social media platform from a known as twitter to say the following, "navigating a cancer diagnosis, treatment and survival...

the people of the united kingdom in praying that his majesty experiences a swift and full recovery. it's read making the point as well that president biden is a man who has close acquaintance with cancer. of course, his sun died of brain cancer at the age of 46 back in 2015. and he was also close to the former republican senatorjohn mccain, who also died of cancer a couple of years after that.— also died of cancer a couple of years after that. really important point. that. _ years after that. really important point, that. personally _ years after that. really important point, that. personally affected i years after that. really important | point, that. personally affected by cancer in his family. just in terms of the reaction in the united states, david, of course there was great affection for the late monarch, queen elizabeth. at some speculation at the time of the coronation that maybe things would and maybe there wouldn't be the same

prominence for the new king. there seems to be quite the reverse today. there's been quite a strong reaction around the world, and least there in the united states.— the united states. there has been a very strong — the united states. there has been a very strong reaction _ the united states. there has been a very strong reaction and _ the united states. there has been a very strong reaction and i _ the united states. there has been a very strong reaction and i think - the united states. there has been a very strong reaction and i think up l very strong reaction and i think up to today, it was perhaps the case, as you hinted at bear, that there were other royals who were more popular. certainly on this side of the pond, notably william and kate, who are of course playing to packed houses when they visited new york not so long ago. but this will believe this sentiment, i think, surrounding king charles who for many younger americans has been seen as perhaps as a part of the unseen onto regime. they were looking more, i suppose to the younger royals. at the reaction today, as you point out, just underlines the affection for the british monarchy in general and for the new king.— and for the new king. david willis,

alwa s and for the new king. david willis, always good _ and for the new king. david willis, always good to — and for the new king. david willis, always good to talk _ and for the new king. david willis, always good to talk to. _ and for the new king. david willis, always good to talk to. thank - and for the new king. david willis, always good to talk to. thank you | always good to talk to. thank you very much indeed for being with us. we should make the point that the king is 75. he turned 75 in november and has held fairly active life. he has been injured and some of his sporting pursuits, but generally speaking has enjoyed good health there his life. let's have a quick look back at his previous health issues. last week, in hospitalfor health issues. last week, in hospital for treatment for an enlarged prostate and it's the test subsequent to that performed during the treatment that has led to this current diagnosis. the king did catch coronavirus, he caught it twice, first in early 2020 before the vaccines were introduced. he only had mild symptoms. when he caught the virus in 2022, he was already triple vaccinated. in 2008, he had a noncancerous growth removed from the bridge of his nose and a minor routine procedure, and in 2003, he had a hernia operation at

the private king edward vii hospital here in london. that's all pretty standard fare, particularly for a man who is now 75 years of age. i've been speaking to our medical editor for some clarity on the king's diagnosis. the palace really don't want speculation on even what type of cancer this is, let alone what stage, how early it was caught. we know it's not prostate cancer, but that it was picked up through diagnostic tests as a result of the king's recent treatment for benign, enlarged prostate. and so we know the palace has said that he began his regular sessions of cancer, what will become regular sessions of treatment for cancer today, and that these will be done as an outpatient. now, the king joins there a thousand people a day in the uk are diagnosed with cancer and most

cancer treatment now is given as outpatients. but that covers a huge variety of different treatments. most commonly things like chemotherapy, drug treatments to try and shrink down cancers. but chemotherapy comes in a vast, many different forms, including infusions into the arm the most common way, but also oral tablets and even in some cases injections direct into the affected organ affected by cancer. then there's also radiotherapy. now all these treatments come with potential side effects, but because we don't know, we've not been told what type of cancer, you know, we can't speculate on those. but age is the number one risk factorfor most cancers. the king is 75, and just over a third of all new cancers are diagnosed in people age 75 and over. perhaps the most important public

service we can extend tonight, fergus, and the one that certainly the king would want us to extend is to urge people to go and get tested. and here is a very good example through our head of state of what what you can avoid, we hope what can be avoided if you go and get tested and you can catch these things early. yes, and that was very much the reason why the treatment for his prostate was announced, that he wanted men to go and get checked to see if they had any problems with their prostate. such a common condition. and it's as a result of of treatments for one part of the body that you then may pick up something else. and the king has been praised by the royal college of physicians tonight, saying that it's further proof that cancer is indiscriminate, can affect anybody. and to raise awareness of it, encourage people if they have any doubts they have a lump

or a bump or something that they're worried about. they should always go and get it checked out. we've talked tonight about his age. he turns 75 in november, fergus, but also how fit he is. and for a man of his age, he's been in pretty good health through his life. apart from the bump and scrape here and there, does that tend to help with prognosis going forward? well, it certainly can do. doctors who are treating any condition will start by saying they want their patients. they hope the patients have a good overall level of fitness. but there's a limit to what you can say about this, since we absolutely we don't even know what part of the king's body is affected by cancer. and the palace don't want speculation. so it's really hard to say. but yes, doctors would would definitely say to you that the better the fitter their patients are usually, the better the outcomes are.

mark easton has been at the palace today where they king is in residence, the rail standard is flying above buckingham palace this evening, not about that the king has returned to the palace after his weekend at sandringham. so what does he of that? interesting that he's come to buckingham palace. he's at his place of work. his flag is flying over the palace this evening. and i think what's really telling from the way that the statement has been put together. enormous care has been taken to say that the king is not being king any more. he's absolutely there, doing all that he needs to do in terms of his state functions. yes. some public facing events will will go, but actually he will do his red boxes. he will have his weekly meeting with the prime minister. he will attend or at least be

in attendance at privy council meetings and so on. and i think you can tell in the way that this announcement has been made, the care that has gone into the statement, the the information that's been given to the media, some of it we were unable to report until 6:00 this evening. it was all embargoed, but a real sense that there's been a lot of planning. now, of course, there is a whole system of protocols designed to make sure that the the british state doesn't miss a beat when the head of it has to step back, as indeed has happened on this occasion. so we will know that probably a few days ago, as soon as the the king was aware of this diagnosis, his private secretary will have been in touch with the prime minister's private secretary and the cabinet secretary, the so—called golden triangle, to ensure that all the bits of of government and constitution are joined together. there's that. i also think it's interesting, you know, that we did have those photographs from yesterday morning

at st mary magdalene church of, i think now we see it in sandringham because it was it was a sort of, i think now we see it and it's a sort of statement, isn't it? it's sort of saying, i'm here, i'm still your king. "i'm still very much connected to the people. i'm smiling, i'm waving, i'm visible". and i'm sure that when they were thinking about how they were going to do this, there would been planning about we want to make sure that the king is not invisible. there would have been a new portrait issued by the palace which was taken in france recently of the king. again, important that the king is still visible. he will, of course, not be visible for a considerable time now. but those images in the last few days, i think, have been very carefully thought out and also that sense that he is going to carry on with all these duties that he is going to despite i mean, it would have been relatively easy for him to say, "look, i've got cancer".

i'm going to have to step back". there are systems for ensuring that that all happens. these councillors of state, as you've been discussing earlier, that would be the queen, queen camilla, the prince william and so on, and the group of people who could have been brought in to take over far more of his duties. but the king hass quite clearly said, "no, i don't i don't even want them to be in the available. i want we don't need that. i'm not going to be that person. i'm going to be somebody who is at my desk doing what i need to do as much as i possibly can". and i think there's been a lot of messaging here to the british public to say, you know, "i am the king and i will continue to be your king despite everything that's going on with my health right now". what do you think will be considered

over the coming weeks as to what he does with those visits?— does with those visits? while, of course, a does with those visits? while, of course. a lot _ does with those visits? while, of course, a lot of— does with those visits? while, of course, a lot of it _ does with those visits? while, of course, a lot of it is _ does with those visits? while, of course, a lot of it is going to - course, a lot of it is going to depend on the of the medical treatment, how long it is going to ta ke take and how much impact it has on on his health, but there are too big foreign rail visits planned for this year, went to canada in may, and another really major trap to australia, to new zealand's, which he was due to go to in october. he may still go. then he was also, and i think this is a matter of some discussion to see whether this is possible, he was supposed to go as the head of the commonwealth to the commonwealth heads of government meeting which this year will be in samoa. so that will be between australia and new zealand. that was the plan. now, isuspect australia and new zealand. that was the plan. now, i suspect there is a big? 0ver both of those rail traps. is he going to be healthy enough? they are really hard work, a lot of don't want to do that if are really struggling with something like

cancer. so i think there will be real questions as to whether he will go or whether in fact perhaps prince william will go in his stead. it would be a huge disappointment to the king. he is a huge supporter of the king. he is a huge supporter of the commonwealth. he is immensely proud to be its head. he will have been very much looking forward to the commonwealth heads of government meeting, and i think he really wants to, he's been waiting all his life to, he's been waiting all his life to be king. this is what he needs to do. he needs to go up to the other countries that form part of his wider kingdom, the 14 countries outside the uk of which he is sovereign. i am sure there will be discussions in buckingham palace and elsewhere to try to work out what is the best way? do we have to cancel now because my can we wait and see how the king's condition is in, say, two months from now. but, of course, the planning, there is so much

planning, so much detailed agenda setting before these visits, so they will have to move very quickly, i think, to work out what is best to do. , , ., think, to work out what is best to do. g , . ., . ., think, to work out what is best to do. , . ., . ., do. just a general reflection about how this will _ do. just a general reflection about how this will received _ do. just a general reflection about how this will received around - do. just a general reflection about how this will received around the l how this will received around the country. it shouldn't be too sensationalist about it. there's lots of people around the country who get this news, as shocking as it is, and come to terms with living with cancer, butjust generally speaking about this king, nine months on from the coronation and how the country will react to it. {131 how the country will react to it. of chris, it's a reminderthat how the country will react to it. of chris, it's a reminder that our king is 74 years old. 75 later this year. he is an older man and his health has always, people always said he will come to the throne as a pensioner. so i think there is a reminder that we do have an elderly sovereign, but as nicholas witchell is saying, he's actually been pretty healthy, he looks after himself. the

messaging, again, going back to that, is very much a monarch who is utterly determined that whatever kind of medical setbacks there are, he is going to continue to do that. in terms of public reaction, i think yes, there will be shocked many people. a cancer diagnosis for any individual, any family is a big shock, and too many people in this country, king charles having cancer, it will discombobulated them a little bit. we need somebody strong. we need somebody who is fit and well to be our head of state will stop they will be concerned on a personal level two. i think that what the king is trying to do here is almost use this awful situation as an opportunity, an opportunity to say, look, i know as a human being that, as you are saying, thousands, hundreds of thousands of people are diagnosed with cancer every year.

and it is a massive shock. he has to do that in a way that people can look at and feel he did that right. he did that properly. he is a better king for act. if he were to get this wrong, that would be very serious for a monarch who has only been in thejob for 17 months. i think for a monarch who has only been in the job for 17 months. i think the public will... i think there will be shocked, i think there will be huge sympathy for a man who we have known, most people have known all their lives as either the air to the throne are now asking. and i think there will be real concern among many people for him and for his family, realsympathy. buti many people for him and for his family, real sympathy. but i think from the kings point of view, he wants to say, yes, i've got cancer, but you know what's come i'm going to carry on being your king

perhaps no town the kings dionysus more than the rail bearer of windsor. of course, windsor castle, one of the homes that the king would often be resident and, our correspondent is in windsor where people have been reacting to the news, here he is. would have thought that medical reaction that you have been getting, christian, and just on a very personal level, we have had people here in windsor, a mixture of tourists, mixture of local people giving their reactions and i thank you can sum up the word with one word, shock. we have been revealing the news to the people, they hadn't heard it themselves, a lot of them have been two arrests. he spoke to forman from india, part of the commonwealth, of course, and they said they were shocked to hear the news. he spoke to two couples from glasgow here in windsor to see the

sights, including the castle here behind me, and all four of them gasped when we told them the news tonight to come and they said they were deeply shocked by the news. another chap from singapore said he wished the king well and a third chap said he hadn't heard the news, we told him the news, but said he felt sorry for king charles and wished him well in the future. so a combination of reactions here. it's always the same when you mention the word cancer. people take it in this way, people tend to be shocked by it, and that is certainly their reaction here in windsor. 0r it, and that is certainly their reaction here in windsor. or rather contrasts with the town, if you like, of the buckingham palace statement released just over an hour ago when they spoke of king charles being totally positive about what was going on and looking forward to returning to full public duties as soon as possible. so the tone from buckingham palace somewhat in

contrast to that being issued here by people that are walking around the streets of windsor here tonight and, of course, also here in windsor tonight are the prince and princess of wales in adelaide cottage, in the grounds of windsor castle over my shoulder here, almost certainly, no doubt, they will be kept fully informed of what is going on with king charles. 0f informed of what is going on with king charles. of course, the princess of wales for self recuperating from her own abdominal surgery that took place in the same hospital that king charles got his prostate diagnosis last week. one or two people have asked us why buckingham palace haven't told us what type of cancer the king has got, given that last week they were giving more information about why he was in hospital. of course, we weren't able to answer that and buckingham palace almost certainly not going to entertain any kind of speculation on that. they want to be getting what they con the press a running commentary on these things. so for now we remain unenlightened

about what type of cancer it is.