Overview
- Richard, 85, revealed on ITV’s Good Morning Britain that his prostate cancer is "gone at the moment" after a year of treatment.
- The disease was detected early during an insurance health check before a tour to Australia and New Zealand, and it had not metastasised.
- He pressed men to get tested and called the lack of a national screening programme "absolutely ridiculous."
- The interview was conducted by Dermot Murnaghan, who is receiving treatment for stage 4 prostate cancer and highlighted the absence of routine screening.
- The UK National Screening Committee is consulting on a draft plan for biennial screening of men aged about 45–61 with BRCA1/2 mutations, and Richard said he would join King Charles in awareness efforts following the King’s recent message urging uptake of screening.