Sir Cliff Richard reveals cancer diagnosis and reaches out to King Charles

Sir Cliff Richard has revealed that he has been treated for prostate cancer over the last year on Good Morning Britain - and has send a message to King Charles III over screening

Sir Cliff Richard has sent out a message to King Charles after revealing that he's been treated for prostate cancer. The singer, 85, announced his diagnosis on Good Morning Britain today, saying that his cancer had “gone at the moment” following treatment.

In his interview with Dermot Murnaghan, he said that he wants to join the King in his efforts to raise awareness for screening programmes. “I’ve been involved with many charities over the years and if the King is happy to front it for us, I’m sure loads of people, I certainly would join him," he said.

“If the King is listening, I think most of us would say, ‘yeah – we’re available.'” The Mistletoe and Wine singer shared that he received the diagnosis after his health was checked for his insurance ahead of a concert tour of Australia and New Zealand.

“They found that I had prostate cancer. The good fortune was that it was not very old, and the other thing is that it has not metastasised. Nothing had moved into bones or anything like that," he said.

"The cancer’s gone at the moment. I don’t know whether it’s going to come back. We can’t tell those sort of things but we need to, absolutely, I’m convinced, get there, get tested, get checked."

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