The King of England and the Princess of Wales both announced they were suffering from cancer two months apart. An experience that will only strengthen their bond.
Their bond has always seemed strong, but the events they’ve been through in recent months may have made it even stronger. Last January, Charles III and Kate Middleton were hospitalized together in the same hospital in London. At the time, the official statement justified prostate surgery for the king and abdominal surgery for the Princess of Wales. However, on February 5, Buckingham Palace announced that the king was actually suffering from cancer. Barely two months later, on March 22, it was his daughter-in-law’s turn to make a similar announcement, announcing on camera that she too was starting chemotherapy treatment. Just before recording this video, the king and his daughter-in-law had lunch alone. A rare event, but worthy of the challenge Kate Middleton was about to take on. And a few minutes after the broadcast of the video, the monarch once again expressed his support. A palace spokesman said King Charles III was “so proud of Catherine for the courage she showed in speaking out the way she did”. It also added that the sovereign had “remained in close contact with his beloved daughter-in-law in recent weeks”.
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Two patients
“She always had a very good relationship with him,” royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith told the magazine. People, this Wednesday, March 27. I don’t think it’s presumptuous to say she’s like the girl he never had.” According to a royal family expert, Charles III “shares William’s desire to protect him. Kate and the King are together. An opinion shared by a source close to the palace, who also spoke to the American magazine, insisting on the fact that, apart from their family connection, the two crowned heads are now united in illness. “These are two patients who share a common health experience, they are clearly closely related,” he said. I imagine Kate was comforted to see that it was possible to balance some private information without the imperative to share everything. A more hopeful prospect, as the Princess of Wales’ announcement came after weeks of speculation about what was really going on with her. Amidst theories about her divorcing Prince William or even disappearing, the palace struggled, not to mention failed, to help her keep her secret.
Source: Le Figaro
