Sovereign to Share Intimate Address on Illness in Television Address

The Monarch has recorded a personal message about his experience with cancer, scheduled for transmission as part of this year's Stand Up To Cancer drive, run by Cancer Research UK and a major network.

Buckingham Palace confirmed the King would reflect on his "healing process" as a person living with the disease, in a video message on Friday at 20:00 GMT.

The address, filmed within a royal residence a fortnight ago, will stress the vital significance of cancer screening checks to increase the likelihood more people catch the illness at an treatable phase.

This constitutes a uncommon insight on the health of the King, who has been in a course of therapy since the news was shared in early last year. Analysts suggest unlikely the King will identify his specific form of cancer.

The Campaign's Core Mission

The annual charity event each year raises funds for medical research and patient care and encourages people to get health assessments to boost the probability of an early diagnosis.

The King's relative openness about his condition, and living with cancer, has been intended to promote education and to encourage more people to get screened - and this will be taken a step further with this exceptional direct participation.

Up until now the King's main approach to his cancer has been to keep working, preserving a hectic timetable alongside his ongoing course of therapy, and he is understood not to have desired to be defined by his illness.

The past twelve months has seen the Sovereign, taking several international tours, including to Italy and Canada, and hosting the biggest number of official guests to the UK for a generation, which included the German president last week.

Charity Evening Programme

Friday evening's charity show on the network, featuring celebrities such as Davina McCall, Adam Hills and Clare Balding, will encourage people not to be afraid of getting preventative tests.

The hosts have been personally touched by cancer - Davina McCall said last month she had received treatment for a tumour, while another presenter was treated for a thyroid condition over a decade ago. Host Adam Hills has previously discussed his father, who had one form of cancer and then later blood cancer.

The broadcast will appeal to the approximate millions of people in the UK who charities estimate are not compliant with public health checks, with an website to let people determine if they are able for screenings for several common cancers.

In an effort to explain cancer checks and show the importance of early diagnosis there will be a real-time transmission from hospital departments at medical facilities in Cambridge.

"The goal is to remove the anxiety out of cancer screening and demonstrate all people that they are not alone in this," stated a presenter.

Understanding Screening Programmes

Currently in the UK, there are a number of national health screening services - for bowel, breast and cervical cancer - accessible for certain age groups.

A new preventative initiative is also being slowly rolled out for individuals at increased risk of contracting the condition, specifically targeting people aged 55-74 years old, who are smokers or used to.

Men may request prostate cancer checks, but there is lacking a standardised service operational.

Charitable Impact

The fundraising campaign, which has collected over one hundred million pounds since 2012, is funding 73 research studies encompassing 13,000 patients.

King Charles, in a address for dignitaries at a event for related organisations in April, had referred to recognising the "overwhelming and at times scary situation" for patients and their families.

But he noted his personal journey of managing cancer had shown him that "periods of great challenge of sickness can be illuminated by the kindness of others," as he praised those who supported those receiving treatment.

The Palace has not revealed what kind of cancer the King has, or the medical care he has undergone. The King's cancer was discovered following he had received a prostate procedure.