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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Esther Addley

‘He’s our top person, really’: King Charles’s cancer diagnosis and a tidal wave of royal purple prose

Newspapers reporting on King Charles’s health are displayed on a newsstand in London.
Newspapers reporting on King Charles’s health are displayed on a newsstand in London. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Reuters

In a difficult week for King Charles and the royal family, there is one thing on which his majesty has been able to rely: the effusive support of some of the country’s most loyal newspaper columnists.

News that the king is being treated for cancer has led to an exuberance of royal purple prose, challenging any suggestion that Britain has become less deferential since the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

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