King Charles’s emotional Christmas message to ‘selfless’ cancer doctors and nurses
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. King Charles has used his Christmas Day address to pay tribute to hospital staff who provided ‘strength, care and comfort’ during his cancer treatment.
![[Mandatory Credit: Photo by Victoria Jones/Shutterstock (15022990du) King Charles III, Queen Camilla, Catherine Princess of Wales, Prince William, Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte and Prince Edward Duke of Edinburgh Christmas Day church service, St. Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham, Norfolk, UK - 25 Dec 2024]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_234215935-fc72.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
He also talked about his ‘deep sense of pride’ at how communities responded following the Southport stabbings by repairing ‘not just buildings, but relationships’. Charles also noted how the sacrifices made by World War II veterans continue to ‘inspire, across the generations’.
![[Britain's King Charles III and Britain's Queen Camilla react as they talk with Reverend Canon Paul Williams after attending the Royal Family's traditional Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk, eastern England, on December 25, 2024. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_234215790-005e.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
The King said: ‘From a personal point of view, I offer special, heartfelt thanks to the selfless doctors and nurses who, this year, have supported me and other members of my family through the uncertainties and anxieties of illness, and have helped provide the strength, care and comfort we have needed.
‘I am deeply grateful, too, to all those who have offered us their own kind words of sympathy and encouragement.’. Charles was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year and has used his annual Christmas message to open up about it. This year’s address marks a difference because it was delivered from a former hospital chapel – the first time the Christmas speech has been recorded somewhere that is not a royal palace or estate.
