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Charles jokes with Sunak during first audience since cancer diagnosis | News

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King Charles III on Wednesday 21 February held his first face-to-face official duties – an audience with Rishi Sunak and a Privy Council – since being diagnosed with cancer.

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He met the prime minister at Buckingham Palace late in the afternoon, marking the restart of their weekly encounters to discuss matters of government.

Beforehand, the monarch held an in-person Privy Council at the royal residence, where attendees included Penny Mordaunt and a selection of other ministers who are Privy Counsellors.

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Mr Sunak told Charles it was “wonderful to see you looking so well”, prompting him to joke it was “all done with mirrors”.

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