King Charles is feeling ‘very good’ as health update revealed by Penny Mordaunt

Penny Mordaunt plays an important role as being Lord President of the Privy Council

King Charles is ‘so pleased’ and feeling ‘very good’ about his return to public duties following his cancer diagnosis.

Penny Mordaunt, meets with Charles as part of her role as Lord President of the Privy Council, and talked about how Charles is feeling to mark the first anniversary of his coronation.

The Privy Council is a body of senior advisers to the monarch.

Charles attended his first official engagement last week by visiting a cancer unit in Fitzrovia, central London.

Ms Mordaunt told GB News: ‘I think people won’t be surprised to know that he’s completely charming and always calm.

‘And he’s also got a really good sense of humour as well. But he’s always asking about how things are going, particularly issues that we’re dealing with in Parliament or about particular groups who he knows that are having a rough time.

‘He’s always asking after those people, so he cares a great deal and he’s a delight to work with.

‘He’s very good. And I know that he would have been so pleased to get back to public duties. He would have missed it tremendously.

‘I think everyone is really pleased to see him back and I know that he wants to do more, so it’s been a good week.’

Ms Mordaunt is known for holding the Sword of State at last year’s coronation and she impressed everybody by not dropping it.

She impressed crowds with her teal dress and cape, which featured gold leaf embroidery.

The MP for Portsmouth North held the 3.6kg Sword of State for 51 minutes.

She also rose to prominence in 2022 when she became one of the candidates to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister but she lost to Liz Truss.

Charles has now returned to public facing duties (Picture: Getty Images)

Penny Mordaunt challenged Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak to the leadership in 2022 (Picture: Shutterstock)

Talking about the moment she held the sword, she said: ‘I was determined and very excited, but also very nervous.

‘The sword was very heavy.

‘The question I’d always asked myself when I was doing drill practice with my reserve unit in the pouring rain every Tuesday night, was, why am I doing this now?

‘I know why it was so I could hold that sword at the Coronation.

‘Actually, the adrenaline of the day just carries you, carries you through it.’

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Charles visited University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre last week to raise awareness about early diagnosis.

He was found to have the disease in February while undergoing treatment for a benign prostate enlargement and continues to receive outpatient care.

Sources have said that despite the welcome news the King still has cancer and will continue to be treated for the undisclosed form of the disease.

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