Recently, there have been a lot of rumors targeting Princess Kate in particular and the British Royal Family in general about her absence after her surgery in January. At this point, after facing many controversies, Kate Just announced that she has cancer.

The Sun reported that Princess Kate Middleton (42 years old) on March 22 shared news about her health battle with the public in a video.

She said she was diagnosed with cancer after having post-operative tests from a previous "abdominal surgery" and is now undergoing preventative chemotherapy on the advice of her medical team.

In the video, Kate said the news was a “huge shock” but insisted she “will be fine” as she undergoes preventative chemotherapy sessions.

"In January, I had abdominal surgery in London (UK). At that time, the doctor diagnosed me as not having cancer. However, after a successful surgery, tests showed that I had cancer. The medical team advised me to have preventive chemotherapy, I am in the early stages of treatment."

That's what Kate Middleton confided in a 2-minute video sent to the British people. The image of the powerful Princess of Wales with a depressed look and her face showing signs of fatigue because she had just undergone chemotherapy shocked the public.

According to a close friend of Kate, the words in this video were all "written by her" herself.

"It allows her to speak directly to the public, those who are always there for her and her family as well as those who don't care about the noise and rumors," this person said.

Why was the news announced 2 weeks later?

Regarding the reason why Princess Kate postponed announcing news about her illness, Sun editor Victoria Newton revealed that it was "important" for Kate to announce the news at a time that was suitable for Prince George, Princess Lord Charlotte and Prince Louis.

She wanted to take time to tell her three children about what happened before revealing the news to the public.

Therefore, many people believe that the Princess of Wales decided to release the video on Friday (March 22) because at that time, the children were all out of school and staying with their parents to celebrate Easter in a few weeks. week.

Victoria added: "Actually, I understand, Her Royal Highness made the decision two weeks ago that she would make this public statement. But as a mother, her first priority is to protect protect her 3 children. They may be affected while at school so her plan is to wait until the last day of the semester."

Previously, on Thursday (March 21), British media reported that Kate met King Charles at Windsor Castle and told him about her speech. The two had a meal together and the king opened up to his daughter-in-law about the fight against the disease.

According to Page Six, Princess Kate Middleton is tired of fighting a serious illness and now has to fight the surrounding rumors. In the end, she was forced to admit she had cancer to dispel the rumor of "hiding from the media because of failed plastic surgery".