Prince William expressed his appreciation to the public for the well wishes sent to his family following the news of King Charles’ cancer diagnosis.
Days after Buckingham Palace announced Feb. 5 that tests detected “a form of cancer” in Charles, 75, William attended a fundraising dinner to support London’s Air Ambulance Charity.
“I’d like to take this opportunity to say thank you, also, for the kind messages of support for Catherine and for my father, especially in recent days. It means a great deal to us all,” he said while giving a speech at the dinner, which was held on Feb. 7, regarding his father’s diagnosis and his wife’s surgery.
“It’s fair to say the past few weeks have had a rather “medical” focus. So I thought I’d come to an air ambulance function to get away from it all!” he joked.
In January, the king underwent a hospital procedure for benign prostate enlargement, when “separate issue of concern” was found by doctors and subsequent …