Buckingham Palace has announced that King Charles is being treated for cancer. The specific type of disease has not been revealed, but a spokesperson confirmed it was not prostate cancer. Ed Butler gets the latest update on the monarchy.

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Ed will be joined throughout the programme by two guests on opposite sides of the world, Yoko Ishikura – Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University in Japan and Oliver Stuenkel - Professor of International Politics at the Getulio Vargas Foundation in São Paulo, Brazil.

(Picture: Britain's King Charles leaves the London Clinic after receiving treatment for an enlarged prostate in London, Britain January 29, 2024. Credit: Reuters)