Sovereign to Broadcast Personal Message on Cancer in Television Address

His Majesty has recorded a first-hand account about his experience with cancer, scheduled for transmission as part of this year's Stand Up To Cancer drive, spearheaded by a leading cancer charity and a major network.

Official sources said the King would discuss his "healing process" as a individual battling cancer, in a televised statement on Friday evening at 8pm UK time.

The recording, recorded at Clarence House recently, will emphasise the vital significance of routine screenings to increase the likelihood more people diagnose the disease at an treatable phase.

This represents a uncommon insight on the wellbeing of the Monarch, who has been undergoing regular treatment since his condition was announced in early last year. However, it is believed unlikely the King will disclose his particular diagnosis.

Fundraising Central Purpose

The annual charity event each year raises funds for clinical trials and patient care and urges people to get screenings to improve the probability of an timely detection.

The King's candid approach about his condition, and his experience as a patient, has been designed to raise awareness and to encourage more people to get tested - and this will be escalated with this unusual personal contribution.

Up until now the King's primary strategy to his cancer has been to continue his schedule, preserving a full diary in spite of his ongoing course of care, and he appears not to have sought to be defined by his illness.

The past twelve months has seen the King, 77, taking several overseas trips, including to Italy and Canada, and welcoming the biggest number of inward state visits to the UK for decades, including the German president last week.

Friday's Special Show

The upcoming awareness broadcast on television, presented by celebrities such as a team of famous hosts, will encourage people not to be afraid of getting health screenings.

Each presenter have been affected by cancer - Davina McCall revealed in November she had undergone surgery for breast cancer, while another presenter was treated for a thyroid condition more than 15 years ago. Presenter Adam Hills has previously mentioned his late father, who had one form of cancer and then later blood cancer.

The show will appeal to the approximate 9m people in the UK who Cancer Research UK estimate are not compliant with national health programmes, with an online checker to let people check if they are eligible for tests for key health indicators.

In an attempt to explain screenings and demonstrate the value of timely identification there will be a direct feed from treatment centres at Addenbrooke's and Royal Papworth hospitals in Cambridge.

"The goal is to remove the anxiety from health checks and show all people that they are not isolated in this," stated Davina McCall.

Understanding Health Checks

Currently in the UK, there are a number of publicly available checks - for major health concerns - accessible for specific demographics.

A recently launched lung cancer screening programme is also being slowly rolled out for individuals at potential risk of being diagnosed with the condition, focusing on people of a certain age, who are smokers or were former smokers.

Men may discuss prostate cancer checks, but there is no national programme operational.

Charitable Impact

The fundraising campaign, which has generated £113m over the past decade, is financing 73 research studies with 13,000 patients.

His Majesty, in a address for attendees at a gathering for support groups in April, had spoken of acknowledging the "overwhelming and at times frightening reality" for cancer sufferers and their loved ones.

But he said his personal journey of living with cancer had revealed that "the darkest moments of disease can be alleviated by the greatest compassion," as he commended those who cared for individuals with the illness.

Official sources has not disclosed what kind of cancer the King has, or what treatment he has received. The King's cancer was detected following he had had a routine operation.