King Charles has shared advice with fellow cancer patients during his visit to Northern Ireland, encouraging them to “keep buggering on” – quoting Winston Churchill.
The 76-year-old monarch offered the words of wisdom whilst touring Ulster University’s Pharmacy and Pharmacology department on Thursday.
“What’s that Winston Churchill saying? Keep buggering on,” the King said sympathetically to cancer patients at the celebrated college.
He added: “You just have to push on, don’t you.”
King Charles tells cancer patients in Northern Ireland to ‘keep buggering on’
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The King was visiting the university’s research laboratory, which is at the cutting edge of new cancer treatments.
During his tour, he met with scientists, researchers and PhD students working on stimulus-responsive therapeutic systems for cancer.
Ulster University is esteemed as one of the UK’s leading academies for pharmacy and pharmacology.
The institution was awarded “University of the Year” in 2024.
The King was visiting the university’s research laboratory
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The monarch donned goggles and peered through a microscope to examine the innovative research being conducted at the facility.
The King was shown a groundbreaking technique for targeted cancer treatment using microbubbles.
This innovative approach loads medicine into microbubbles that deliver drugs to the precise site of cancer within the body.
Using ultrasound, the bubbles are then burst to release the medication directly at the tumour.
King Charles greeting crowds in Northern Ireland
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King Charles was fascinated by what he saw at the university
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The technique, which is about to begin clinical trials on humans, aims to minimise chemotherapy side effects.
It requires just 10 to 20 per cent of the dose currently used in conventional treatments.
Professor John Callan, Norbrook chair in pharmaceutical science, guided the King through the laboratory tour.
The King proclaimed the research “amazing” and was visibly impressed, raising his eyebrows in astonishment upon hearing how the technology worked.
