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King Charles to stress importance of friendship in first remarks since Kate cancer diagnosis

Source: PA

The King is to stress the importance of acts of friendship "especially in a time of need" in his first public remarks since the Princess of Wales’s cancer diagnosis.

In a personal Easter message, Charles' pre-recorded audio will be broadcast in his absence at a Royal Maundy service in Worcester Cathedral on Thursday.

He will say how Jesus set an "example of

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