This Friday March 22, Kate Middleton put an end to the rumors. In a video posted on social networks where she appears alone sitting on a bench, the Princess of Wales, aged 42, revealed that she had cancer. The disease was detected after an abdominal operation which forced her to be hospitalized for several days last January. Prince William’s wife explained that she had started preventative chemotherapy. If King Charles III, himself ill, said to himself “proud of courage” of his daughter-in-law, for his part, the brother of his ex-wife, Diana, wanted to salute his strength. “Incredible balance and strength”, wrote Charles Spencer on Instagram this Saturday March 23.
This sentence serves as the caption for a screenshot taken from the confession video revealed by the mother of George, Charlotte and Louis. Diana’s brother took care to stop the video at a key moment where she explains wanting “process and manage this privately”. Respect for privacy is a value very dear to Diana’s brother. In 1997, she lost her life in Paris after a road accident while being followed by the paparazzi. More than twenty-five years later, the day after the announcement of Kate Middleton’s cancer, in the United Kingdom, some are already attacking the British tabloids who did not give rest to the one who was forced to give up at royal events, where she will be represented for the moment. She was put under pressure after a photoshopped photo was published. The tabloids therefore went in search of their truth.
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The tabloids on the lookout for Kate’s every move
On March 18, the Sun revealed a video where we could see Kate Middleton all smiles at a farmers’ market in Windsor. “Good to see you, Kate”, the newspaper commented. A few days earlier, she was photographed with her husband, Prince William, in a car. According to the Sun, Kate Middleton and Prince William attended a sporting event last Sunday in which their three children participated. After the princess’s call to respect her private life during this difficult period this Friday, March 22, will the tabloids be more respectful of this principle to which Diana’s brother is so keen? Nothing is less sure.
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