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Prince William thanked the public for their “kind messages” in the wake of King Charles’ shock cancer diagnosis as he arrived at a gala for the London Air Ambulance Wednesday evening. William said: “We really appreciate everyone’s kind messages. Thank you.”
At the gala itself, William said: “I’d like to take this opportunity to say thank you, also, for the kind messages of support for Catherine and for my father, especially in recent days. It means a great deal to us all. It’s fair to say the past few weeks have had a rather ‘medical’ focus. So I thought I’d come to an air ambulance function to get away from it all!”
It was William’s second official function of the day; earlier he had stood in for Charles at a Windsor Castle investiture ceremony. William was joined at the gala by actor Tom Cruise.