prostate condition last week. the prime minister had been informed of the diagnosis and the news that - we re bringing you this evening in advance. i many of you wrote in to complain that too much airtime had been given to too little information, and that it was an invasion of the king s privacy. sylvia franklin emailed. stuart reynolds told newswatch. the bbc has been reporting that since taking the throne, king charles has determined that the modern royal family must be more open about medical matters while still preserving some privacy. his recent visit to hospital for an operation on an enlarged prostate was disclosed to the media, and journalists were also briefed about the princess of wales hospital admission for abdominal surgery around the same time. this new openness is a world away from the information the media was given when king charles s grandfather, george the sixth, developed lung cancer in the late 19405 around the time charles was born. the word cancer wasn