‘Compassionate, thoughtful friend’: Confidential letters sent between PM and the King revealed

A confidential series of letters between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and King Charles III have been revealed through a Freedom of Information request. According to The Australian, the Prime Minister reached out to the Monarch after the Palace announced his cancer diagnosis. He told the King that he was a “compassionate, thoughtful friend” of Australia who inspires “esteem and affection”. In the letters, Mr Albanese also said the King has served the nation and the Commonwealth with “energy, integrity, empathy and love”. Mr Albanese wished King Charles a “full and speedy recovery”.