Prince William speaks for first time publicly since King’s cancer diagnosis

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The Prince of Wales has thanked well-wishers as he spoke publicly for the first time since the King’s cancer diagnosis – as his brother Harry flies house to California.

William attended a gala fundraising dinner for London’s Air Ambulance Charity, of which he’s patron, in central London on Wednesday night.

Arriving on the dinner, William waved to individuals gathered exterior the venue.

He mentioned: “We really appreciate everyone’s kind messages, thank you.”

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William then mingled with company together with actor Tom Cruise inside.

William’s spouse Kate left hospital final Monday and returned to Adelaide Cottage in Windsor to be with their three kids after present process deliberate belly surgical procedure on January 16 on the London Clinic.

At the identical non-public hospital, the King acquired therapy for an enlarged prostate and was discharged the identical day as his daughter-in-law however on Monday Buckingham Palace introduced Charles had been recognized with a “form of cancer”.

The actual particulars of the princess’s situation haven’t been revealed however Kensington Palace mentioned beforehand it was not cancer-related and that Kate wished her private medical info to stay non-public.

The gala dinner is elevating funds for London’s Air Ambulance Charity’s Up Against Time attraction, which is in search of £15 million to exchange the service’s helicopter fleet by the autumn.

William is a former air ambulance pilot with the East Anglian Air Ambulance and in the course of the occasion will meet crew members, former sufferers and supporters earlier than delivering a brief speech.

London’s Air Ambulance Charity was established in 1989 following a rising consensus of opinion that victims of great accidents have been dying due to the delay in knowledgeable medical assist reaching them and the time it took to move sufferers to hospital.

The service pioneered the doctor-on-board mannequin for air ambulances and goals to carry the hospital emergency division to the scene of an incident.