Prince William and Princess Kate Middleton
Chris Jackson/Getty ImagesFormer royalist Jason Knauf It was opened how Princess Kate Middletonaffected health wars are affected Prince William.
In an interview with 60 minutes Australiawho aired on Sunday, February 23, the former couple’s top adviser remembered learning about Kate’s cancer diagnosis from William, 42, in 2024.
“Within two weeks, if you are Prince William, find out that your wife and father have cancer too. And that’s … I mean, I couldn’t believe it,” Knauf said.
Knauf said he was “terrible” listening to the news of Kate’s diagnosis in a personal call to William.
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“It was terrible. Absolutely terrible. The lowest then I have ever seen. But the problem was that all this crazy type of conspiracy theories started in the background online, “Knauf said.
“Was he really sick? But they did not want to say that she had cancer because they had not told the children and they were still working on how to say to the children, “Knauf added, referring to three children of William and Kate – Prince George11, Princess Charlotte9, and Prince Louis6.
Knauf was the Secretary of Communication in William and Kate, 43, as well as for Prince Harry AND Meghan MarkleFrom February 2015 to March 2019.
He then served as the senior adviser to William and Kate before becoming the Director General of the couple Royal Foundation from September 2019 to January 2022.
Jason Knauf
Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty ImagesKnaufi’s comments echoed those made by royal experts in The weeklyThe story of the January cover of the princess’s return to work.
Robert Hardmansaid a royal biographer, told him we: “The family was one of the reasons that she did not announce her illness until relatively late during the day. It was the last day of school mandate and they were keeping things normal for children. “
“The priority was not her public image; The priority was her family, ”Hardman added.
As for William, the prince told reporters in Cape Town, South Africa, in November that 2024 had “probably was the hardest year in my life.”
“So trying to overcome everything else and keep everything on the right track has been really difficult,” he said.
Kate announced that her cancer was in prayer on January 14th.
“It is a relief to be in forgiveness now,” she shared in a statement on social media. “And I remain focused on recovery. As anyone who has experienced a cancer diagnosis will know, it takes time to fit a new normal.”
