King Charles III has used his Christmas message to hail the efforts of healthcare workers and all those who support others, praising the medical staff who provided “strength, care and comfort” during his and the Princess of Wales’ cancer treatments.
In his third Christmas address, the 76-year-old British sovereign spoke of how “all of us go through some form of suffering at some stage in our life, be it mental or physical.”
“The degree to which we help one another - and draw support from each other, be we people of faith or of none - is a measure of our civilization as nations,” he added, as footage showed the sovereign and his wife Queen Camilla visiting a cancer treatment center in London back in April as he returned to public-facing duties after his own diagnosis.
As the King spoke about the royal family meeting and listening to those who “dedicate their lives to helping others,” William and Kate, the Prince and Princess of Wales, were seen in a video from October talking with emergency responders who were called out to the fatal stabbings in Southport, northwest England, over the summer.
King Charles, whose message was filmed at a former hospital chapel in central London, said he was “thinking especially of the many thousands of professionals and volunteers here in the United Kingdom and across the Commonwealth who, with their skills and out of the goodness of their heart, care for others - often at some cost to themselves.”
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