Prince William provides rare insight into Princess Kate's cancer battle in new statement

Prince William provides rare insight into Princess Kate's cancer battle in new statement

Princess Kate's last engagement was in Southport in October.

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Svar Nanan-Sen

By Svar Nanan-Sen


Published: 06/11/2024

- 12:13

Updated: 06/11/2024

- 13:17

The Prince of Wales confirmed that the Princess of Wales will be watching The Earthshot Prize from home

Prince William has provided a rare insight into Princess Kate's cancer battle, in a new statement.

The Prince of Wales hailed his wife, saying the Princess of Wales has been "amazing this whole year" as she has battle cancer.


William said: 'She's doing really well thanks. And… hopefully she is watching tonight. So cheering me on.

"She's been she's been amazing this whole this whole year. I know she will be really keen to see tonight be a success."

Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Prince William has provided a rare insight into Princess Kate's cancer battle, in a new statement.

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Princess Kate revealed she had been diagnosed with cancer in March and stepped away from royal duties to focus on her health.

The princess has made three public appearances since the diagnosis including attending Trooping the Colour in June, Wimbledon in July and undertaking her first joint public engagement with Prince William in Southport last month.

In September, Kate confirmed that she had completed her course of preventative chemotherapy treatment.

The Prince of Wales's interview comes ahead of the fourth addition of The Earthshot Prize award ceremony tonight.

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The Prince of Wales's interview comes ahead of the fourth addition of The Earthshot Prize award ceremony tonight.

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Prince William discussed the measures his family takes around the house in a build to reduce their impact on the environment.

He said: "Yeah, well, you know, every family tries to do what they can to sort of help with the environment.

"We go through all the basics of recycling and making sure we minimise water use and turning off lights when we leave the house and stuff like that, and making sure, which is sensible in what we do around the environment.

"I think every family has these conversations. You just try to do what you can."

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Kensington Palace spokesperson described the award ceremony as the Prince of Wales's "Super Bowl" moment.

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He added regarding The Eartshot Prize initiative: "The Earthshot Prize has got to be a bit more global than that.

"We are trying to do big scale ambition and big scale business to tackle some of the solutions.

"'But I brought the children along that journey and tonight I hope they are watching and they are proud of kind of what we are try to do here, which is to really galvanise that energy that enthusiasm to make real impact."

The award ceremony is the focal point of William's trip to South Africa, it is the fourth annual Earthshot Prize and first in Africa.

Kensington Palace spokesperson described the award ceremony as the Prince of Wales's "Super Bowl" moment.

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