BREAKING: Queen Camilla speaks out about the King’ cancer diagnosis for the first time

Yes, our main news this evening. The Queen has spoken out for the first time about the emotional strain of keeping the King's cancer diagnosis secret from the public before it was announced to the world. Well, in a new film made in collaboration between Buckingham Palace and the cancer support charity Maggie's, all to mark the charity's 30th anniversary, Queen Camilla reveals she was longing to let it out during a visit to one of their cancer support centres in January 2024, just days before the King's diagnosis was officially disclosed. I remember coming to see our Maggie's just after the King being diagnosed. Nobody could say anything at the time. That was quite difficult. I almost said something, but I felt that it wasn't the time to say it. I looked at everybody who was suffering and all the relations, and I think it made me realise even more how important these places were. Heartbreaking to think that the Queen there was talking to family members of cancer patients and wasn't able to say, I know exactly how you're feeling. Well, our Royal Correspondent Cameron Walker has this to say. I'm joined now by the founder and CEO of Tally Money, Cameron Parry. So what is Tally Money and what does it do? So you get an everyday account in your individual name. You get an account number and sort code. But instead of having an account denominated in pound sterling with your bank, you have milligrams of gold, which we brand as Tally. The reason why we chose gold, everybody understands gold. It's universally understood and accepted. It's been increasing at over 11% on average for the last 25 years against the pound. In the last two years, it's up 60% against the pound. So if you had £10,000 in a Tally account two years ago, it's now got £16,000 worth of value. The gold hasn't changed, but the value and your purchasing power has. 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I'm going to put 100 quid in it that I've got this month, and I'm either going to spend it and see if I feel like I'm getting more value for money from my sale, from the things I'm buying, or I'm going to save it and watch how that compares to maybe 100 quid in your current account. To find out more and to get an exclusive GB News offer, simply scan the QR code or click the link in the description. Well, a pretty open and honest discussion there with Her Majesty the Queen. Of course, talking for the first time about how she felt a couple of days leading up to the King's public announcement of his cancer diagnosis. She was speaking to the chief executive of Maggie's, that's a cancer charity that she is president of, and they're celebrating their 30th anniversary this year. And the Queen talking very openly there about visiting a local Maggie's Cancer Centre in a London hospital, knowing full well that the King has recently been diagnosed with a form of cancer, but the world did not yet know. She said she almost said something, but the time wasn't right. And then just five days later, of course, Buckingham Palace announced that the King has been diagnosed with a form of cancer. The Queen also talked about how the King was coping with it or has been coping with it, and that was by keeping as busy as possible. It was his way of coping, Her Majesty said. Of course, in the past, she has said that the doctors have been urging him to slow down and he needed to do as he was told, but the King was continued to keep calm, carry on, and continue with public duties, only taking a couple of months out of public-facing duties to deal with his cancer treatment before going back to it from April 2024, and he's been continuing on that trajectory ever since. Royal sources tell me that the King's cancer journey is still going in a very positive direction. Of course, it was late last year that the King said it was a blessing that the frequency of cancer treatment could be reduced in the new year, and there has certainly been no change to that. The Queen wants a Maggie Centre in every major hospital around the country. As things stand, there's 24, I believe, around the country, and they help men and women coming to terms with their cancer diagnosis with psychological support as well as the emotional support for the families, and there's a particular drive this year to encourage men to seek support just like the King has done, and they say there's been an increase in Maggie's having men approach them following the King being so open and honest about his own cancer journey. Well, thank you very much, Cameron, for that report. With me now is my panel of the democratic strategist, Laurie Watkins, and the executive director of Unleash Prosperity, Tim Doscher, the political commentator, Jonathan Liz, and the GB News contributor and comedian, Paul Cox. Well, welcome, all of you, to this programme. Let's kick off, of course. Laurie Watkins, what do you make of, frankly, this fairly heart-wrenching story? I've dealt with many family members, including my mother and uncle and many people that I've also lost to cancer, so this is particularly, it hits my heart. Anyone, any family member that has gone through somebody getting a diagnosis like that and then going through treatment, it's really tough, especially for the person, but I'm just amazed that he's been able to keep his composure, as well as the family, and get through this tricky time. And Kate also went through a cancer diagnosis as well, so I'm praying for the royal family. Jonathan Liz, it does seem like this is perhaps a way that the royal family can do an awful lot of good. The King, of course, has spoken in the past about hoping that more men will be perhaps forthcoming to go and see their doctor if they think something's wrong. Of course, it's one area where the royal family has experience of something which affects millions and millions of people around the country. Then, obviously, they can use their influence and soft power, if you like, for good, and I absolutely applaud that. I think the Queen is a great role model in lots of ways. She's a great spokesman for multiple issues, and this is obviously one of them where she has past experience as a spouse of someone who's had cancer and who's being treated for cancer still, I believe. I think I've actually been to Maggie's Centre. I think Maggie's has a centre at the Royal Free Hospital. I went there with a friend of mine a couple of years ago and I was just bowled over by how amazing the facilities were. Anyone can just drop in for a cup of tea, a chat, just gorgeous rooms, just lovely, lovely welcoming space that is really a very, very comforting haven for people who have had cancer. I think that their work absolutely should be trumpeted by the Queen. I'm very glad that she's doing so. I think the Queen's saying she wants one of these centres in every hospital, but Tim Docher, the Queen also saying that it was pretty hard to keep her mouth closed, especially when talking to families of cancer patients because she at the time was a family member of a cancer patient, still is. Yeah, and yet she did. I think that that's the story of an enduring love relationship that goes way back, decades, decades, decades back, this mutual love and respect that they have for each other. It's what you need to get through a diagnosis like this. It's what you need to continue to live and to continue to operate that way. And so it's hard when you don't have the support that you would like to have. But I truly believe, though, that the enduring nature of this relationship that we see played out every day before our eyes is something that will keep the King around for a long time. Paul Cox, we're seeing a lot more of the royal family, this particular iteration of the royal family, perhaps generation of the royal family being a lot more open than previous generations who would pretty much stay shtum about any particular illnesses they may or may not have had. Yes, Tom, that's very interesting. We've not really seen them open up health. And of course, health and cancer in particular is a great equaliser. It's the one thing, irrespective whether you're born with blue blood in your veins or you live on a council estate or one of the projects in New York or something, you are equalised by health and particularly cancer. So we all one thing we all know is how that feels. So we all know what she's going through. We all know what the King is going through. And it must be we sometimes forget because we put these people on great pedestals and say they are above us in some way. Some people don't. Of course, some people aren't royalists. But whether that's a celebrity or the royal or someone you admire, we put them on pedestals and sometimes forget that they're just like you and I, Tom.