The princess described the news as a “huge shock” and asked for “time, space and privacy” in a prerecorded video broadcast on the BBC on Friday evening.

Catherine, Princess of Wales, has been diagnosed with cancer and has begun chemotherapy, she announced in a video message on Friday, in which she described the past two months as “incredibly tough for our entire family.”

It comes after a period of intense uncertainty about the health of Catherine, who underwent abdominal surgery in January and largely disappeared from public view as she tried to recuperate.

Like the king, Catherine, 42, did not specify what kind of cancer she has, but asked the public and news media to respect her desire for privacy.

  • GBU_28English
    145·
    3 months ago

    No one should. Cancer is a boring, private thing. It’s a family matter.

    • BluesF@lemmy.world
      9·
      3 months ago

      She’s even explicitly stated she wants to be left alone with her family to recover. I mean, fuck the lot of them, the leeches… But also, yknow, she’s human and suffering and just leave her alone for god’s sake.

      • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 months ago

        Remind me, was her saying she wants to be left alone before or after weeks of them saying “everything is fine and you’re crazy if you suggest otherwise” and releasing obviously fake pictures to try and convince people?

        I promise you, people would give a lot less of a shit if they had just said so from the beginning rather than lie and try to hide it. No one gives a shit that the King has cancer either.