His video went around the world. On social networks and in the media, the announcement of Kate Middleton’s cancer had the effect of a bombshell, after two months without news from the Princess of Wales. Since her mysterious abdominal operation on January 16, 2024, she had withdrawn from public life to recover out of sight. Enough to fuel numerous speculations about his state of health. To put an end to the rumors, Prince William’s wife finally decided to speak out to lift the veil on her condition. In a video which has more than 104 million views on X alone, since its publication on Friday March 22, 2024, Kate Middleton reveals she suffers from cancer, for which she started preventive chemotherapy. A diagnosis which was of course “a huge shock” for the princess and her husband, as well as their three children and the rest of the royal family, but also for all the British people.
Kate Middleton “saves lives” thanks to her speaking out
Kate Middleton having just entered her 40s, being one of England’s favorite royals, and the third member of the family to currently battle cancer after King Charles III and Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York and ex -wife of Prince Andrew, the concern of her fans did not fade with her announcement. No more than conspiracy theories for that matter… But this video will at least have had a positive consequence: public awareness of cancer. While the future Queen of England showed her support for people affected directly or indirectly by this disease, her message was widely heard. The UK, the number of screenings has exploded following this speech.
Moreover, as reported in particular The Independent, the websites of charitable associations and the National Health Service (NHS), the equivalent of French social security, have experienced a real boom in connections. In the three hours following Kate Middleton’s video, the page dedicated to cancer symptoms on the NHS site received no less than 4,172 visits, or around one every three seconds. The homepage alone was visited by 2,840 people, five times more than the previous week. For its part, the charity Macmillan counted more than 100,000 connections in the space of two days. This is 10% more than the same period last year. A real “Kate effect” according to Daily Mail. Professor Peter Johnson, head of the fight against cancer at the NHS, told the Sun that “Kate’s courageous decision to speak out will save lives”.