King to Deliver First-Hand Message on His Health Battle in Television Broadcast

His Majesty has recorded a intimate address concerning his battle with cancer, which will be broadcast as part of this year's Stand Up To Cancer drive, spearheaded by Cancer Research UK and a major network.

The royal household stated the King would reflect on his "recovery journey" as a person living with the disease, in a video message on Friday at 20:00 GMT.

The recording, taped inside his London residence two weeks ago, will stress the vital significance of preventative health checks to help guarantee more people catch the disease at an early stage.

This constitutes a infrequent public commentary on the medical condition of the Sovereign, who has been undergoing regular treatment since revealing his diagnosis in early last year. However, it is believed unlikely the King will identify his type of cancer.

The Campaign's Core Mission

The Stand Up To Cancer campaign each year raises funds for clinical trials and patient care and encourages people to get check-ups to improve the probability of an prompt identification.

The King's public discussion about his condition, and living with cancer, has been intended to promote education and to get more people to get screened - and this will be escalated with this unusual personal contribution.

Up until now the King's key philosophy to his cancer has been to continue his schedule, preserving a busy schedule alongside his ongoing course of care, and he is understood not to have sought to be defined by his diagnosis.

The past twelve months has seen the 77-year-old Monarch, taking several overseas trips, including to Italy and Canada, and hosting the highest tally of foreign dignitaries to the UK for decades, which included the German president recently.

The Televised Evening Programme

This Friday's Stand Up to Cancer programme on television, hosted by well-known figures such as a team of famous hosts, will appeal to people not to be afraid of getting health screenings.

Each presenter have been personally touched by cancer - McCall said last month she had undergone surgery for a tumour, while Balding was treated for thyroid cancer in the past. Host Adam Hills has previously mentioned his late father, who had stomach cancer and then later leukaemia.

The programme will reach out to the approximate millions of people in the UK who Cancer Research UK says are not compliant with national health programmes, with an website to let people determine if they are qualified for tests for key health indicators.

In an effort to explain health tests and demonstrate the value of timely identification there will be a real-time transmission from cancer clinics at Addenbrooke's and Royal Papworth hospitals in Cambridge.

"The goal is to remove the anxiety out of health checks and show the public that they are not alone in this," stated one of the hosts.

Available Health Checks

At present in the UK, there are a number of publicly available checks - for specific cancers - available to certain age groups.

A new lung cancer screening programme is also being slowly rolled out for people at increased risk of being diagnosed with the condition, primarily aimed at people of a certain age, who are smokers or were former smokers.

Men may request specific tests, but there is lacking a standardised service currently available.

Charitable Impact

The Stand Up to Cancer initiative, which has collected a significant sum since 2012, is supporting multiple clinical trials involving many patients.

The Monarch, in a statement for guests at a gathering for cancer charities in earlier this year, had spoken of understanding the "daunting and at times scary experience" for patients and their support networks.

But he stated his first-hand encounter of living with cancer had revealed that "the darkest moments of disease can be illuminated by the kindness of others," as he thanked those who looked after cancer patients.

Official sources has not revealed what kind of cancer the King has, or what treatment he has undergone. The King's cancer was identified after he had had a medical treatment.