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Catherine, Princess of Wales, and her husband, Prince William, “are very moved” by the global response to your cancer diagnosisKensington Palace said in a statement on behalf of the couple, reiterating its request for privacy at this time.
The princess, also known as Kate Middleton, Announced last week that he had been diagnosed after abdominal surgery in January that led to his much-scrutinized disappearance from public life.
“The Prince and Princess are hugely touched by the kind messages from people here in the United Kingdom, across the Commonwealth and around the world in response to Her Royal Highness’s message,” a palace spokesperson said Saturday. evening. “They are very touched by the public’s warmth and support and are grateful for their understanding of their request for privacy at this time.”
The palace will not release any additional updates on Princess Kate this weekend, the statement added.
“Of course, we are happy to answer technical questions, but we point out the need to give the family space and privacy at this time,” the spokesperson said.
Public figures around the world have spoken out to express their support for the princess following the announcement. So have several members of the royal family, including King Charles III, who said in a statement released by Buckingham Palace that he was “very proud of Catherine for her bravery in speaking out as she did,” and has remained ” close contact with his beloved daughter-in-law” in recent weeks, the Associated Press reported. The king and Queen Camilla “will continue to offer their love and support to the entire family at this difficult time,” the palace said in that statement, according to the AP.
Prince Harry and Meghan He also shared a statement responding to Kate’s diagnosis.
“We wish health and healing for Kate and her family, and hope they can do so privately and peacefully,” the statement said.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said in a statement Kate had “love and support from across the country” and Kate’s video post on Instagram has almost 5 million likes.
Social media and tabloid headlines had been awash with rumors and conspiracy theories about Kate’s whereabouts since the palace announced in January that she would be absent from royal duties, including public appearances, for several months while she recovered from a planned abdominal surgery.
The news that King Charles was in cancer treatment exacerbated an already growing online frenzy over the princess’s health when it surfaced in early February, but the rumors reached a fever pitch last week, when it was discovered that an image of Kate with her three children, George, Charlotte and Louis, had been digitally altered Before being released on Mother’s Day in the UK, Kate later apologized and said she had edited the photo after the palace refused to release an original.
Apparently in response to the controversies and increasingly imaginative speculation about her well-being, it was Kate herself who announced her cancer diagnosis in a video message recorded last Wednesday at her family home in Windsor and released two days later. Like the king, the princess did not specify what type of cancer she has, but she said when the video was recorded that she had recently started a preventive chemotherapy course.
Kate said she had undergone major abdominal surgery earlier this year for a condition initially thought to be non-cancerous. She said the surgery was a success, but subsequent tests revealed that “cancer had been present.”
“This, of course, came as a huge shock, and William and I have been doing our best to process and manage this privately for the sake of our young family,” she said in the video message. “As you can imagine, this has taken time. It has taken me time to recover from major surgery to be able to begin my treatment. But, most importantly, it has taken time for us to explain everything to George, Charlotte and Louis in a way that is appropriate for them. them and assure them that I’m going to be fine.