After months of speculation and conspiracies regarding Kate Middleton's whereabouts and health following a major planned abdominal surgery in January, the Princess of Wales on Friday issued a public video statement to the world to clarify her situation: a cancer diagnosis.
"I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you, personally, for all the wonderful messages of support and for your understanding whilst I have been recovering from surgery," the royal said in a video shared to X/Twitter by the account she shares with her husband, Prince William, the heir to the British throne. "It has been an incredibly tough couple of months for our entire family, but I’ve had a fantastic medical team who have taken great care of me, for which I am so grateful.
