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Emma Shacklock

Prince William's heart-wrenching reaction to Kate's diagnosis revealed - 'it was as if the ground beneath him vanished'

Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales during the ceremonial welcome for the state visit to the UK of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Prince William has already described the year Kate received her cancer diagnosis and treatment as "probably the toughest" of his life. Now, a soon-to-be published royal book has detailed the future King’s reaction to the news of his wife’s illness.

A close friend spoke of how shattering it was in Russell Myers’ William & Catherine: The Intimate Inside Story, saying, "It was like being hit by a bus, sudden, brutal, and completely disorienting. One moment life was normal, and the next, everything changed."

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