This is John Batchel, speaking with colleague Gregory Copley of Defense and Foreign Affairs

about the King's remarks on video that his cancer is, he didn't use the word remission,

he just said there's possibility of reducing the number of treatments he receives in the coming

months and years, indicating success in early detection and early remedy.

Miracles every day in cancer.

The king was very encouraging.

Gregory here reflects upon the doomsayers who had the king leaving us prematurely.

And Gregory reminds us that the king has said, he is not likely to die of cancer.

Here's Gregory to explain.

Much more of this tonight.

That's correct.

I think the king's speech, which he deliberately held only a couple of weeks before his annual Christmas speech,

which has become legendary throughout the British Commonwealth

that people tune in on Christmas morning to the Kings or Queen's speech.

But he made this a separate speech.

He implied, without saying it, that he might have had bowel cancer

and he said that his treatment would

be reduced in the coming year, which was good news, which implied, as he had once said, that

he was more likely to die with than of this form of cancer because they apparently

caught it relatively early.

So that was very, very positive.

He's been increasing command of the situation.

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