The “daunting” and “frightening” experience of receiving a cancer diagnosis has been recounted by the King.  

Fifteen months after his own diagnosis, the king also disclosed that he had drawn inspiration from the late Dame Deborah James in what have been called his most “poignant” and “deeply personal” remarks regarding the illness.

She exhorted those who were suffering to “find a life worth enjoying; take risks; love deeply; have no regrets; and always, always have rebellious hope,” he concluded with poignant grandeur. Continues…