“I found out with great sadness”

The thirty-ninth president of the United States, Jimmy Carter, He died at 100 years old in Plainsthe village of just 600 inhabitants where he was born and raised in Georgia. Following the reactions of President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump, as well as that of numerous political leaders around the world, That of Charles III has also arrived from the United Kingdom. (76).

“It was with great sadness that I learned of the death of President Carter.. “He was a committed public servant and dedicated his life to promoting peace and human rights,” the monarch said in a statement on Monday.

“His dedication and humility inspired many and I remember with great fondness his visit to the United Kingdom in 1977,” adds the sovereign, who has lived one of the worst years of his life due to the cancer he was diagnosed with and for which he is still receiving treatment.

“My thoughts and prayers are with President Carter’s family and the American people at this time.”also points out in the statement.

Charles III’s words about the former American president come after his Christmas speech, which this year has been marked by the question of whether in 2025 and due to his state of health and the scandals that have tarnished the British crown, he will leave office. throne to abdicate to his heir, William of England. Charles III spends Christmas at Sandringham, where on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day he sat at the table with most of his family (Harry, Meghan and Prince Andrew were not there for obvious reasons).

The death of Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter died this Sunday and after turning 100 on October 1. In March 2022 he resigned from further medical check-ups, sparking speculation about his imminent death. The former president maintained his medical treatment but refused to follow the evolution of his ailments. The cause of death has not been made public. Carter had survived melanoma in 2015 that had spread to his liver and brain, thanks to the use of antibodies. His father and three brothers died of pancreatic cancer. His love story with Rosalynn Carter, who died on November 19, 2023 at the age of 96, has gone down in history as one of those stories that deserves to be remembered.