KING Charles was still able to bravely make it to two D-Day events despite facing cancer treatment as he was desperate to honour our veterans.
The 75-year-old monarch was in a London hospital on Tuesday but joined veterans and world leaders in Normandy later in the week to “lead from the front”.
With medical advice and support from Camilla and the Prince of Wales, Charles was able to make the appearances through “carefully calibrated” arrangements.
The Sun's Royal Editor Matt Wilkinson told how: "He had cancer treatment on Tuesday. He was at a London hospital for treatment but he was so keen to get to both events they carefully calibrated the Portsmouth event.
"Charles arrived 45 minutes late to the event for medical reasons because he was recovering from cancer treatment.
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"Then he immediately went to France for the British event. Then he left before the international event.
"He was desperate to go to both. The cancer treatment is hard but he was so keen to get to both of them."
The King travelled to Portsmouth on Wednesday morning and delivered an eight-minute address that left tears in Queen Camilla’s eye.
He still found the time to mingle with D-Day heroes and read out a touching speech hailing the generation who “did not flinch”.
Charles then travelled 125 miles to Normandy for 80th anniversary ceremonies.
There he gave a passionate speech at the British Normandy Memorial where the names of 22,442 heroes who died are etched.
He hailed when the moment to act came. And he urged the world to learn from the past, calling on free nations to “stand together to oppose tyranny”.
Royal sources said: “All events were looked at in consultation with doctors. They were extremely long days and some compromises had to be made.”
Charles' dedication to veterans came as the Prime Minister left D-Day celebrations early.
Rishi Sunak's decision was labelled a “significant mistake” by Veterans' Minister Johnny Mercer yesterday.
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Sunak flew home from France to film an interview with ITV, sending Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron in his place to an international event.
The PM issued a grovelling apology for skipping the commemorative ceremony, conceding: “It was a mistake not to stay in France longer and I apologise."
Mercer told The Sun: “Obviously it’s a mistake.
“The PM on these visits receives a lot of advice on what he should and shouldn’t be doing.
“I’ve spoken to the PM this morning and obviously it’s disappointing, but I do find the faux outrage from people who've done nothing but make my life difficult trying to improve Veterans’ Affairs is pretty nauseating."
Charles spent three nights in hospital in January with an enlarged prostate and tests later revealed he had cancer.
The Sun revealed in April how doctors were so impressed with his recovery progress that he had been cleared to return to carefully prepared front-line duties.
