King reveals insight into cancer treatment during military ceremony with Prince William

The King has revealed that he lost his sense of taste during cancer treatment as he spoke to an army veteran who underwent chemotherapy for testicular cancer.

The conversation happened after Charles handed over the role of Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps to the Prince of Wales in rare public engagement involving both the monarch and his son.

The monarch arrived by helicopter to Army Aviation Centre in Hampshire on Monday for the symbolic ceremony.

He had been Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps for 32 years - and now he will be succeeded by Prince William.