King Charles has thanked health workers who supported him during his cancer treatment in his annual Christmas speech.
In a clear message, he offered his “heartfelt thanks” to the doctors and nurses who helped with the “uncertainties and worries of the disease”.
The king also praised the efforts of those building links between different communities, which he described as the “fury and lawlessness” of the summer riots.
The king’s message said ethnic and religious diversity “is a sign of strength, not weakness”.
It was a Christmas broadcast this year. Delivered at Fitzroy Chapel in London.the first time a venue outside a royal residence was used for more than a decade.
It was the former chapel of Middlesex Hospital, reflecting the theme of honoring those who work in the health service.
“We all go through some kind of suffering at some stage in our lives, be it mental or physical,” said Badshah, but “the measure of our civilization” is that in such moments How are people helped?
King’s message, recorded earlier this month, expressed gratitude for the “selfless” medical professionals and volunteers who “use their talents to care for others — often at some cost to themselves.” .
He acknowledged the help of others in his family, including the Princess of Wales. Getting a cancer diagnosis this year.
And after her own cancer diagnosis was revealed in February, she thanked the public for their kind words and messages.
Broadcasts showed him meeting cancer patients, when he returned to public engagements during a visit to University College London Hospital in April.
King’s treatment will continue until 2025, but in a positive sign of progress, he is planning a busy schedule of tours and overseas trips next year.
Another important theme of the speech was the focus on community cohesion.
The king praised the efforts of those who then tried to build bridges between the communities. Summer riotswho followed him. Knife attack in Southport.
“I felt a deep sense of pride here in the UK when, in response to anger and lawlessness in many cities this summer, communities came together, not to repeat those behaviours, but to repair. Not just to repair buildings. for, rather relationships,” King said.
“Diversity of culture, race and faith provides strength, not weakness,” said the king, who praised efforts to “respect our differences to defeat prejudice.”
The king’s words echoed his mother the late Queen Elizabeth’s Christmas message in 2004, when she addressed community tensions, saying “diversity is truly a strength and not a threat”.
In a Commonwealth Day speech earlier this year, the monarch emphasized the same message that “diversity is our greatest strength”.
The Christmas broadcast included pictures of Prince William and Catherine thanking emergency workers who responded to the Southport knife attack, a visit that also included meeting bereaved families.
The speech was accompanied by a community choir singing the carol Once in the Royal David’s City. And the Christmas tree seen in the broadcast has since been donated to a hospice in Clapham.
There were words of sympathy from the monarch for those at risk in wars around the world, including conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
The king praised the “remarkable veterans of this particular generation” as he recalled. Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings.
The broadcast followed the convention of showing working royals, so neither Prince Harry nor Prince Andrew were seen.
King Charles is spending Christmas Day at Sandringham in Norfolk.
Crowds gathered early in the morning to watch him go to one. Church service with your familyincluding Queen Camilla and the Prince and Princess of Wales.