For many parents coming to terms with a cancer diagnosis, it is the hardest conversation to have. How do you tell your children that you have a serious illness, and that you can’t be certain of what the future holds?
In her video statement released on Friday, the Princess of Wales said the news of her cancer had been a “huge shock”. It had taken her and William “time to explain everything to George, Charlotte and Louis in a way that is appropriate for them, and to reassure them that I am going to be OK”.