CEEFAX 2 141 Wed 29 Dec 13:02/21 ************ ************************** * *** *** ** ************** ************ ************** 2/6 PRINCE CHARLES TO HEAD CANCER CHARITY The Prince of Wales is to champion a leading cancer charity, becoming the president of Marie Curie Cancer Care.
Prince Charles is taking over from the Duchess of Kent, who is scaling down her public commitments.
The Prince's first official engagement for the charity will be on Millennium Eve when he visits a Marie Curie hospice in Edinburgh.
His grandmother, the Queen Mother, has been the charity's patron for 45 years.
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