Catherine, Princess of Wales, has been diagnosed with cancer and has begun chemotherapy, she announced Friday , putting a grim coda on months of rumours about her condition and plunging Britain’s royal family into deep uncertainty as two of its most senior figures grapple with grave health concerns.
“We hope that you will understand that, as a family, we now need some time, space and privacy while I complete my treatment,” said Kate, who wore a simple striped sweater and sat on a bench, against a backdrop of early spring flowers, in the video, which was recorded by BBC Studios on Wednesday. “She has been subjected to intense scrutiny and has been treated unfairly by certain sections of the media around the world and on social media,” Sunak said on X, formerly Twitter.
Buckingham Palace said Charles was “so proud of Catherine for her courage in speaking as she did.” Noting that the king had visited her when they were both being treated in a London hospital, the palace said Charles “has remained in the closest contact with his beloved daughter-in-law throughout the past weeks.”
Kate suggested that the family needed a zone of privacy for her to come to terms with her situation and to explain it to her children. The announcement was timed for Friday, a palace official said, because the children had just begun their Easter holiday from school and would not have to face the crush of media coverage — or, presumably, to endure questions about their mother from classmates.
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