hour. prime minister rishi sunak has said he s thankful that king charles cancer had been caught early . he told the bbc he was shocked and saddened by the news of the king s diagnosis and wished him a full recovery. as head of state, king charles has a number of constitutional duties. the uk s system of government allows for them to be taken on by others, if the monarch is unable to carry them out. joe pike has been looking at how the system works should it ever be needed. king and queen step. down from the airline. since 1937 and the reign of george vi, there are arrangements in place in law in case a monarch is incapacitated. the pressure for reform came from the fact the heir apparent, princess elizabeth, wasjust ten years old at the time. so the 1937 regency act was born and can apply when the monarch is under the age of 18 or is out of the country or is incapacitated. one provision is for the monarch to delegate certain functions to counsellors of state, as queen el
of this year s tournament. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister has told the bbc he is in regular contact with the king and is thankful that his cancer, which buckingham palace announced last night, has been caught early as he put it. world leaders have been sending king charles their best wishes and hopes for a speedy recovery. it hasn t been revealed which type of cancer the king is being treated for and he has withdrawn from all public facing duties. our correspondent helena wilkinson has the latest. this was the king two days ago, on sunday, on his way to church in norfolk. the king s shock cancer diagnosis was announced yesterday evening by buckingham palace. speaking to the bbc earlier, the prime minister said the cancer was caught early. like prime minister said the cancer was caught early- caught early. like everyone else, shocked and caught early. like everyone else, shocked and sad caught early. like everyone else, shocked and
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