The “daunting” and “frightening” experience of receiving a cancer diagnosis has been recounted by the King.

Fifteen months after his own diagnosis, the king also disclosed that he had drawn inspiration from the late Dame Deborah James in what have been called his most “poignant” and “deeply personal” remarks regarding the illness.

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She exhorted those who were suffering to “find a life worth enjoying; take risks; love deeply; have no regrets; and always, always have rebellious hope,” he concluded with poignant grandeur.

As fellow cancer patients are invited to Buckingham Palace tonight to honor the amazing work of locally based cancer organizations, His Majesty opened up in a message.

The King is himself still undergoing regular treatments as someone “living with cancer”, although aides say his recovery continues in a “very positive direction, as reflected with the very full national and international diary programme” he is undertaking.