Europe 1 with AFP / Photo credit: HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP 1:02 p.m., February 6, 2024
After less than a year and a half on the British throne, King Charles III has launched a fight against "an unspecified form of cancer", the announcement of which caused a shock on Tuesday in the United Kingdom. This Tuesday, the portrait of Charles III is on the front pages of all British newspapers.
“I have cancer”, the “cancer shock” or even “the King has cancer”: the portrait of Charles III appeared on the front pages of all British newspapers on Tuesday, a sign of the shock caused by the announcement of the 75-year-old monarch's illness.
“Recover quickly your Majesty”
"The King has cancer", soberly headline the Times and the Daily Telegraph, displaying in large the portrait of the monarch published Monday evening by Buckingham Palace at the same time as his press release, and emphasizing that the sovereign is "as optimistic as it can be" in this situation. The Mirror shares on its front page "the shock" felt by the British nation, describing the palace's announcement as a "bomb" and emphasizing that the king's benign prostate problem, for which he was admitted to hospital and operated on there at around ten days old, "may have been able to save" his life.
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“In a few hours, the destiny of the royal family changed, and that of the United Kingdom with it,” underlines the Daily Telegraph, which points to the change of era with that of King George VI, the grandfather of Charles III , who had kept his serious health problems secret before his death in 1952. The Daily Mail painted the portrait of a combative king, "deeply grateful" that doctors had "detected early" his cancer. “Recover quickly your Majesty, the country needs you,” urges the newspaper.
“In Camilla We Trust”
Royal biographer Christopher Wilson also points out in the Daily Telegraph that Charles has "the love of his life by his side", "his rock" Queen Camilla, to help him get through this ordeal. "In Camilla We Trust", displays The Mirror, which points to the drastic change in the image of a queen, ex-mistress of the king when he was married to Diana, who was once a " pariah” and “now leads the Firm”, in reference to the nickname of the royal family.
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Just behind the king's cancer, it is the visit to the United Kingdom of Prince Harry, exiled in California with his family since 2020 and at odds with the royal family, which raises many questions and hopes for reconciliation. “Is it time for Harry to return home?” asks The Mirror, when the Daily Mail wonders if “William and Harry will finally reconcile”, after having been torn apart in recent years.