Britain’s King Charles III opened up about his cancer diagnosis in a video message that was broadcast on television across the U.K. on Friday.

The 77-year-old monarch Charles reflected on his recovery journey while stressing “the importance of cancer screening programs in enabling early diagnosis,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement prior to the prerecorded message.

“Throughout my own cancer journey, I’ve been profoundly moved by what I can only call the community of care that surrounds every cancer patient, especially the specialists, the nurses, researchers and volunteers who work tirelessly to save and improve lives,” he began.

“But I have also learned something that troubles me deeply — at least nine million people in our country are not up to date with the cancer screenings avai

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