His speech was particularly awaited: while the illness hit the British royal family hard at the start of 2024, King Charles, himself suffering from cancer, recorded a speech broadcast on this Maundy Thursday during a mass attended by his wife, Queen Camilla. A message full of emotion, in which he however omitted a crucial subject for fans of the royal family…
It has been a long time since the British royal family had such a start to the year: affected by the cancers of Sarah Ferguson, then of King Charles III and now of Kate Middleton, as well as by the suicide of Thomas Kingston, the clan has struggled to see the end of the tunnel in recent months. A difficult situation on this Holy Thursday (called Maundy Thursday on the other side of the Channel): it was alone, in fact, that Queen Camilla went to mass at Worcester Cathedral.
Having withdrawn from his duties during his treatment, her husband Charles III was in fact unable to make the trip. But there is no question of him missing the ceremony entirely: as was announced a few days ago, a recorded speech was played during the service. “It is with great sadness that I miss this moment“, he explained in particular, before insisting on “the importance of friendship, especially in times of need“and to remember”that as a nation we need and benefit from those who extend the hand of friendship to us“.
An intervention full of emotion, but which dampened all the hopes of the fans hanging on his lips: the king made no allusion to his daughter-in-law, Kate Middleton, who revealed on March 22 that following an operation abdominal cancer cells had been found in his body.
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