How Kate Middleton's Parents Are Handling Her Cancer Diagnosis (Royal Expert)

there's been so much conversation about Kate and what she's going through who is helping her through all of this who is her you know who keeps her ground her supports is so she has a really tight group of friends um particularly in Norfolk really close friends there but I think the real anchors in her life are her parents Carol and Michael Middleton and her brother James who's had his own battles with with his mental health and depression and her sister Pippa and while you may not see them and and you certainly don't see them photograph together very often they are very much there in the background they are absolutely fundamental Kate comes from a really solid grounded family everything her parents did as she was growing up was about raising that family keeping them anchored showing them love and that's why Kate's the person that she is and she's always stayed close and in fact I something I reveal in my book about Kate when she married William she made him promise that when she married into this the royal family she wouldn't have to give up her own family and he promised that that would be the case and actually the reality is that he has a really close relationship with the Middleton too yeah we have reported you know that that Kate did talk to the king before putting out the video and that she's had his support but also what gets lost sometimes is the fact that her parents had to hear that their daughter has cancer so how are the middletons doing with all of this news well um one can only imagine um as as parents it must be very shocking and and devastating I think they're going to feel very relieved that this was found in its early stages very um reassured by the fact that the chemotherapy is preventative chemotherapy um and also by the fact that Katherine is going to have the very best doctors in the world looking after her so she is in safe hands and I think for Carol and Michael they've always been an incredibly strong couple and and also very down toe they're very real you know when you think about the royal wedding you know the day after that Michael middl was photographed going around on his lawn mower and Kate was pushing a trolley around the car park of wait which is a grocery store here in the UK that tells you everything you need to know about that family and what they'll be doing right now is they will be coming together and supporting her and not just William and Kate their grandchildren too absolutely let's talk about William because there is pressure on him I heard someone talking about this yesterday that not only with the news of his father having cancer it thrust him even closer to the throne you know we hope that the king is fine but in reality that brings him one step closer to the throne with having a diagnosis like this um he's had to step in covering other duties he's had to do a lot so how much is all of this Weighing on him well I think William is is strong he's been through a lot he lost his mother at a very young age you know he's he's dealt with a lot he's got a lot of life experience and I think when you think back to the coronation one of the things that really struck me was as he watched his father be crowned there was that moment where you could just see almost that moment on his face I'm going to be next it made it so real for him and like you say having a father with a cancer diagnosed is did he serious his dad's in his 70s 76 this year Williams often said that he wishes his dad would slow down a bit but of course Charles hasn't been able to do that because he's a king in a hurry so I think William is going to be very concerned naturally worried um he's not going to want to pass that on to Kate he's probably going to absorb a lot of that himself and I think he'll really miss having Harry around because of course Harry was his wingman yeah Harry was his best friend and he's not around anymore thankfully William's got a tight-knit circle of friends too really loyal trustworthy friends but this is going to hit him hard yeah we're outside of Buckingham Palace and uh it's been a busy place today the King was here he met with faith leaders here today he's still staying busy he's still staying active so what are you hearing about his treatment and how he's doing well we don't really know very much about his treatment other than he's here in London every week we understand for treatment could be chemotherapy could be tablet form we really don't know but I'm told he's responding very well to it and I think that's evident because if he wasn't he wouldn't be here at Buckingham Palace as you know people going through chemotherapy can be um susceptible to infection and illness because their immunes are down but obviously his medical team have signed this off today and I think we can expect to see more of these engagements not a packed schedule but certainly a gentle introduction to Royal events in the not too distant future

Channel: Entertainment Tonight

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Keywords: Kate Middleton, Royals, Prince William

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Length: 4min 35sec (275 seconds)

Published: Wed Mar 27 2024