BREAKING: King Charles diagnosed with form of cancer

WITH YOU. WE HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS. >> John: IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN AND FLOODING, NEWS FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE, THAT KING CHARLES III, WENT IN FOR ENLARGED PROSTATE TO THE HOSPITAL THERE WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL, HE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH AND NOT SAYING WHAT IT IS, A FORM OF CANCER. ACCORDING TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE, HE IS UNDERGOING TREATMENTS. WILL STAY AWAY FROM PUBLIC-FACING DUTIES FOR A TIME. BUT THE KING IS OPTIMISTIC THEY’LL BE ABLE TO GET THE CANCER TREATED AND RESUME A FULL PUBLIC SCHEDULE AS WELL. WE ARE TRYING TO GET DR. SIEGEL UP AS

QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO HELP US OUT WITH THE NEWS, NOT SAYING WHAT IT IS, WHETHER IT’S ASSOCIATED WITH HIS ENLARGED PROSTATE OR SOMETHING ELSE. >> Sandra: JUST MORE INFORMATION AS YOU ARE SPEAKING THERE, THIS WAS DURING THE KING’S RECENT HOSPITAL VISIT AS YOU MENTIONED, JOHN, THEY LEARNED OF THIS CONDITION. HE WAS THERE FOR THE PROCEDURE FOR BENIGN PROSTATE ENLARGEMENT. THE PALACE SAYS. A SEPARATE ISSUE OF CONCERN WAS NOTED. A FORM OF CANCER, PER THE PALACE OFFICIAL STATEMENT. HIS MAJESTY HAS COMMENCED A SCHEDULE OF REGULAR TREATMENTS, SO TREATMENT HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN. THE KING HAS BEEN ADVISED

BY DOCTORS TO POSTPONE ALL PUBLIC-FACING DUTIES FOR THE TIME BEING. >> John: SO ACCORDING TO A ROYAL SOURCE, TALKING TO REUTERS, THE KING’S CANCER IS NOT PROSTATE CANCER, SO UNRELATED

TO THE TREATMENT THAT HE HAD FOR BPH IN THE LAST WEEK. I IMAGINE THEY PROBABLY DID A CT SCAN OF THE AREA OR MAYBE HE HAD SOME OTHER CONCERNS, BUT THEY CHECKED OUT AGAIN THEY ARE NOT SAYING WHAT TYPE OF CANCER THIS IS, JUST SAYING THAT HE HAS A FORM OF CANCER. >> Sandra: THE KING REMAINS WHOLLY POSITIVE ABOUT HIS TREATMENT AND LOOKS FORWARD TO RETURNING

TO FULL PUBLIC DUTY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE PALACE ALSO SAYING HIS MAJESTY HAS CHOSEN TO SHARE HIS DIAGNOSIS TO PREVENT SPECULATION AND HOPE IT MAY ASSIST PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING FOR ALL THOSE AROUND THE WORLD WHO ARE AFFECTED BY CANCER AND THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD HIS MAJESTY WILL CONTINUE TO UNDERTAKE STATE BUSINESS AND OFFICIAL PAPERWORK AS USUAL. THAT IS WHAT WE KNOW SO FOR. >> John: AND CONTRAST THAT WITH SITUATION WITH THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, DID NOT TELL ANYBODY ABOUT IT, MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY, PARTICULARLY TO AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN WHO HAVE A HIGHER INCIDENCE OF PROSTATE CANCER BEEN

THE GENERAL POPULATION, SO THE PRINCE TRYING TO TURN IT INTO A POSITIVE THING BY MAKING THE PUBLIC MORE AWARE OF CANCER AND THE FABT — FACT HE HOPES TO FULLY OVEROVERCOME IT. ONLY THAT IT’S NOT SAY ASSOCIATED WITH HIS PROSTATE. >> AND JUST REMINDER, THE KING IS 75 YEARS OLD. HE TURNED 75 BACK IN NOVEMBER. AS FAR AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WE ARE GETTING RIGHT NOW, THIS SEPARATE ISSUE OF CONCERN, IF YOU ARE JUST UNTUNING IN, WE ARE LEARNING KING CHARLES HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER. HE WENT IN WITH A SEPARATE ISSUE, A PROCEDURE FOR BENIGN

PROSTATE ENLARGEMENT. THEY FOUND SOMETHING ELSE. THERE WAS SOME DIAGNOSTIC TESTS THAT REVEALED A FORM OF CANCER. WE HAVE NOT LEARNED WHAT KIND OF CANCER JUST YET, BUT WE ARE WAITING THAT NEWS FROM THE PALACE. >> John: THE U.K. PRIME MINISTER WEIGHING IN WISHING HIS MAJESTY A FULL AND SPEEDY RECOVERY, NO DOUBT HE WILL BE BACK TO FULL STRENGTH IN NO TIME AND THE WHOLE COUNTRY WISHING HIM WELL. SO, IT MAY BE THIS IS A HIGHLY TREATABLE FORM OF CANCER AND THERE ARE MANY OF THOSE AS WELL AND AS SCIENCE HAS ADVANCED IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS

IN CANCER TREATMENT, MANY THINGS AT ONE POINT WERE A DEA