King Charles giggles as he reacts to well-wishers' cards following cancer diagnosis
ok.co.ukThe King was left tickled pink by a well-wisher’s card showing a disgruntled dog recovering from medical treatment and telling him “at least you don’t have to wear a cone!”.
Charles, 75, has been pictured looking through some of the 7,000 messages of support Buckingham Palace’s correspondence team has received from around the world since his cancer diagnosis.
Many have shared their own stories about dealing with cancer or offered their good wishes and advice for a speedy recovery. One person even wrote him a note saying: "Chin up, chest out, remain positive and don't let it get you down. "Trust me, it works, but the main thing is family." While a child wrote: "Never give up.
Be brave. Don't push your limits. Get Well Soon." Sitting at a desk in a room in Buckingham Palace’s Belgian Suite, Charles laughed when he came across the card, from an adult well-wisher, illustrated with a picture of the terrier-like dog wearing a collar and feeling sorry for itself.The restrictive collar which stops animals aggravating a wound or stitches after an operation is sometimes called the “cone of shame” by pet owners, or an “Elizabethan” or “E-collar” in reference to the large collars known as ruffs worn by Elizabethans.
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