King Charles reveals outpouring of public love 'brings him to tears' after cancer shock

King Charles has revealed that the 'outpouring' of well-wishes from the public has brought him to tears, following the news that His Majesty was diagnosed with cancer.

During his first face-to-face audience with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday since his diagnosis at the beginning of February, the monarch confessed: "I’ve had so many wonderful messages and cards which brings me to tears most of the time.” The King met with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday afternoon, marking the restart of their weekly briefings to discuss Government matters reports the Mirror.Beforehand, Charles held an in-person Privy Council at the royal residence, where attendees would have included Lord President of the Council Penny Mordaunt.The King - who has still been dealing with his red boxes of State papers despite his diagnosis - started outpatient treatment for the undisclosed form of cancer just over two weeks ago.In the private audience room at Buckingham Palace, the Mr Sunak told the King “the country is all behind you”.After being introduced to the King for the meetings, Mr Sunak commented how pleased he was to see the King, leading the sovereign to joke: “there’s been a gap, I’m afraid”.

The Prime Minister said: “Well, a bit, but it’s wonderful to see you looking so well.” 75-year-old Charles - who this week was scheduled to undergo his third weekly treatment for a form of cancer - lightened the mood as he said: "Well, it’s all done by mirrors”, to which the PM replied: “We’ll we’re all behind you, the country is behind you.” He added: “It’s nice to see the spotlight that it has shone on the work the charities do in this area, which I’m sure you’re familiar with as well.”The King replied: “I hear