Kate, princess of Wales, says she has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy
Al Jazeera
After weeks of speculation about her whereabouts, Kate Middleton has asked for ‘privacy’ while she is seeking treatment.
Catherine, the princess of Wales, has said she has cancer and is undergoing preventive chemotherapy.
The British royal’s condition was disclosed in a video message recorded on Wednesday and broadcast on Friday. It comes after weeks of speculation on social media about her whereabouts and health since she was hospitalised in January for unspecified abdominal surgery.
Kate asked for “time, space and privacy” while she is treated for an unspecified type of cancer that was found to be present following her surgery.
“I am well,” she said. “I am getting stronger every day by focusing on the things that will help me heal.”
Kate, 42, had not been seen publicly since Christmas until video surfaced this week reportedly of her with her husband, Prince William, heir to the throne, walking from a farm shop near their Windsor home.
