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News24
13 hours ago
- Health
- News24
Princess of Wales was ‘fortunate' to survive cancer, according to shocking new claims
A veteran royal reporter in the UK has shed light on the severity of the Princess of Wales' illness. It comes in the wake of the 43-year-old's unexpected absence this week from Royal Ascot, which raised concerns yet again about the state of her health. According to Rebecca English it's a firm reminder that the 43-year-old is still in recovery and she was likely far sicker than she let on last year when she underwent abdominal surgery in January before announcing in March that she had cancer, the nature of which she has not publicly revealed. 'As I have previously revealed the princess was seriously unwell in the run-up to her surgery in the first place,' English, a long-standing royal correspondent in the UK with impeccable palace sources, wrote in the Daily Mail. 'And while that is a story only for her to tell – if she ever chooses to do so – I can say that, from what I understand, she is fortunate to even be speaking of recovery. 'So, while she may be glowing on the outside the drama over her last-minute non-attendance at Royal Ascot last week is, perhaps, a timely reminder that the princess was really very poorly not so long ago. 'And it's why, to quote the princess herself, this year remains one of 'balance'.' In January Kate revealed she was in remission during a visit to the Royal Marsden Hospital in London. She spent much of 2024 secretly visiting the hospital for her chemo treatment, where she was fitted with a semi-permanent 'port' in her chest. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Prince and Princess of Wales (@princeandprincessofwales) Her non-attendance at Ascot is part of her 'slow and steady' return to royal life, where her health remains a priority over royal duties. It also comes after her back-to-back appearances at two major royal events – Trooping the Colour and the Order of the Garter. 'On some levels I actually think this is a good reminder that she was really seriously ill last year,' another source says. 'She underwent a significant period of chemo. As anyone who has been through that experience will tell you, you can feel very unwell for a long time afterwards. It can take years [to recover].' It's believed Kate will not be making any more public appearances for the remainder of June. It's thought she is 'highly likely' to make an appearance at Wimbledon, which starts on 30 June, in her role as royal patron of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. She is also set to play a 'significant' part in next month's visit by French President Emmanuel Macron at Windsor Castle. After that she and Prince William along with their children – Prince George (11), Princess Charlotte (10) and Prince Louis (7) will decamp to Anmer Hall, their country home on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk for the start of the school's two-month summer break. After that they are set to join King Charles and other senior royals at Balmoral Castle in August.
New York Post
2 days ago
- Health
- New York Post
Kate Middleton was ‘fortunate' to survive cancer, insider says: ‘She was really seriously ill'
Kate Middleton's cancer battle has sent her 'to hell and back' according to well-placed insiders, who claim that she's 'fortunate' to have survived it at all. Since announcing in January that her cancer is in remission, the beloved royal has been making a gradual return to public-facing duties. Still, the Princess of Wales, 43, is 'fortunate to be even speaking of recovery,' a source told the Daily Mail. 5 Kate Middleton's cancer battle has sent her 'to hell and back' according to well-placed insiders, who claim that she's 'fortunate' to have survived it at all. BBC As the princess continues to prioritize her health, insiders claim that her recovery is 'a work in progress' — and add that her entire health battle has given her 'mental clarity' with regards to her priorities. While the mom of three underwent cancer treatment at the Royal Marsden Hospital, she was initially admitted into the London Clinic for a planned abdominal surgery in January 2024. While there, a 'port' was surgically fitted to administer the chemo treatment, the outlet reports. 'I can say that, from what I understand, she is fortunate to even be speaking of recovery,' the Daily Mail's royal correspondent Rebecca English wrote. A source told the outlet, 'On some levels I actually think this is a good reminder that she was really seriously ill last year and underwent a significant period of chemo.' 5 Since announcing in January that her cancer is in remission, the beloved royal has been making a gradual return to public-facing duties. Shutterstock 'As anyone who has been through that experience will tell you, you can feel very unwell for a long time afterwards. It can take years [to recover],' the insider added. Princess Catherine had spent much of 2024 behind closed doors as she prioritized treatment and recovery. Her absence from the public eye prompted mass speculation about her whereabouts last year, all of which was silenced with news of her cancer diagnosis. Looking ahead, Middleton is rumored to attend the Wimbledon tennis championships next month before joining a 'meet and greet' for a French state visit at Windsor Castle on July 8. 5 As the princess continues to prioritize her health, insiders claim that her recovery is 'a work in progress.' Getty Images Following that, it's believed that the princess and her family will retreat to Anmer Hall, a 19th-century country house located on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England. While there, the Prince and Princess of Wales, along with their children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, plan to enjoy a range of countryside activities, including cycling and sailing. In August, it's said that the Waleses will journey to Balmoral to join King Charles and Queen Camilla for their annual summer gathering. 5 The princess and her family will spend the summer months at Anmer Hall, before joining the rest of the royals at Balmoral. Shutterstock The stunning castle was a known favorite residence of the late Queen Elizabeth II, who kick-started the annual tradition of vacationing there during her reign. There, the royals enjoy picturesque walks in the Scottish Highlands, as well as family cookouts, horse-riding and board games. Charles was keen to continue his late mother's tradition, with Prince William's family joining in on the fun in the last two years. Start your day with all you need to know Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more. Thanks for signing up! Enter your email address Please provide a valid email address. By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Never miss a story. Check out more newsletters Other senior members of the Firm are expected to join in on the fun, including the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, the Duke and Duchess of York, as well as Zara and Mike Tindall. A notable absence has been the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their two children, who have not visited the beloved royal residence together. 5 Princess Catherine last week pulled out of attending Royal Ascot at the eleventh hour. / It comes as Princess Catherine pulled out of attending Royal Ascot at the eleventh hour, raising fresh concerns about her health as she continues to recover from cancer. The princess's last-minute withdrawal from the event suggests she is carefully managing her public appearances after announcing that her cancer was in remission in January.
Daily Mail
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
The TRUTH behind Prince Harry's legal battle, according to royal experts on PALACE CONFIDENTIAL
A defiant Prince Harry made a rare appearance on British soil as he attended both days of his hearing in April at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. The Duke of Sussex, 40, and his legal team were fighting against the Home Office 's decision in 2020 to roll back his publicly funded police protection in the UK because his 'life is at stake'. But just what went on behind court doors? On the latest episode of Palace Confidential, Rebecca English, the Daily Mail's Royal Editor, and Richard Eden, the newspaper's Diary Editor, sat down with host Jo Elvin to separate fact from fiction. Rebecca, who has covered the royal beat since 2004, started by explaining that for Harry, Police Protection Officers, or PPOs, are as familiar to him as 'breathing'. 'He would have grown up with royal protection officers as casually as he would have grown up with a nanny or any other member of staff,' she said. Throughout his time studying at Eton and serving in Afghanistan, Harry was accompanied by a team of PPOs from the Metropolitan Police. 'He was protected at all times of his life,' Rebecca added. 'Bringing us up to the point where Harry decided to leave the Royal Family,' Jo said. 'That's when his status changed in the eyes of those deciding police protection.' Although Rebecca acknowledged she was 'obviously not at the heart of these discussions', she said it was not a 'spontaneous decision' made by Ravec - the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures. 'It wasn't necessarily based on Prince Harry's decision to leave the Royal Family,' she said,' but a big part of it was his decision to move to North America - first to Canada and then to the US. 'That would have been a huge burden on British taxpayers to fund two, including his wife, and obviously his growing family out there because it's not just having a bodyguard with you. 'You have a couple of bodyguards, you have what we call backup officers who are making sure the roads are cleared and the venue you are going to is safe. 'Those people work on rotation and you are having to constantly have people travelling out from the UK to America on a shift pattern. 'I mean, the cost to taxpayers would have been extraordinary and it wouldn't have been something they would have been able to bear.' Citing a source that was 'very well plummed with the negotiations', Rebecca said: 'By the time they got to the Sandringham Summit as we like to call it in January 2020, Harry had already accepted, I've been told, the fact he would lose his Metropolitan Police security. 'He understood if his life was going to be North America - at that point they still thought it was still going to be Canada - that he wouldn't get it. 'The negotiations then were already over what private security he was going to get and who would be paying for that. 'The person who paid for it, my understanding is, for at least the first year after him leaving the Royal Family, was actually his father King Charles. 'Far from being an uncaring father,' Rebecca added. 'He was saying: "Look, I understand you need time to get on your feet financially and this is a significant cost to bear."' Palace insiders told Rebecca that Harry has now 'turned round and cried wolf' because 'he had already acknowledged privately' that he would no longer get police protection. When asked by Jo why the Duke 'embarked on this court case' in the first place, Richard said: 'Harry now says it's because he wanted to expose the workings of this committee [Ravec] and he wants to put daylight on it and make it public. 'But he was obviously wanting to win his case, otherwise why would you embark on it? But now he says it was an "establishment stitch-up" so it is a confused pattern really.' While Harry maintains that he tried to have conversations about his security protection privately, Rebecca said that meant 'putting pressure on his father to intervene'. But Charles could not get involved due to his role as Head of State. 'So Harry decided to basically sue the Home Office in court,' Rebecca said. 'There is a reason why members of the Royal Family don't often go down the legal route because it's uncomfortable, it's complex. 'It was pretty unprecedented,' she added. 'We should make it clear that Harry has offered to pay for the police to protect him while he is in the country,' Jo interjected. 'But is that even possible?' 'No,' Richard replied. 'That's a complete side issue. 'This is not some sort of service that you can buy. It's for the people that the government decide need protecting. Otherwise, it would be a ridiculous situation - you would have a taxpayer funded security that rich people can call up and hire.' Playing Devil's Advocate, Jo said: 'I guess he sees himself as apart from being a rich person and somebody who was born into this royal life.' 'That's his central point,' Richard agreed, 'that he was born into it and so by virtue of that deserves it but so were the rest of the members of the Royal Family and the same rules apply to them.' Senior members of the Royal Family such as Princess Anne are entitled to full protection when carrying out royal engagements but not when on private business such as visiting friends. 'I don't hear Prince Edward or even Prince Andrew taking legal action against the Home Office over it,' Richard said. 'I wouldn't swap my humdrum life for being a member of the Royal Family but I think you have to deal with the cards life deals you with,' Rebecca added. 'There are a lot of people in our country and indeed around the world who are living in abject poverty and have massive health issues so I think sometimes you have got to count your blessings.' After his two-day hearing, Judge Geoffrey Vos concluded that Harry's arguments were 'powerful' but there was not enough legal basis for a challenge.
Daily Mail
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
King Charles proved Prince Harry's 'distasteful' comments about his health wrong during VE Day salute, say royal experts on PALACE CONFIDENTIAL
Prince Harry launched a blistering attack on King Charles during a BBC interview which aired on Friday, saying the monarch 'won't speak to me' and that he doesn't know 'how much longer' there was left for his father, who is battling cancer. But the King seemed to undermine his son's comments by taking the salute for half an hour to honour troops at the Victory in Europe Day Parade in London on Monday. During a special live episode of Palace Confidential, the Daily Mail's Royal Editor Rebecca English said: 'We have actually seen the King for half an hour take the salute for veterans because he believes very strongly that he needs to show them respect. It's not them showing him respect. 'When you consider he is going through weekly cancer treatment at the same time as doing all of this, he's got a full week of engagements coming up, I think it really shows the mark of the man.' Rebecca was joined in front of Buckingham Palace by the Daily Mail's Diary Editor Richard Eden and host Jo Elvin, who brought up Harry's 'strange' comment about the King's health. 'I think it's particularly distasteful actually,' Rebecca said. 'I was with the King at Windsor Castle on Thursday night and he was doing a tree planting with the King and Queen of Sweden. 'I have never heard so much animated small talk about trees and planting in my life. 'The King was even mansplaining to his wife Queen Camilla about how to water the tree and I could see her eyes going, "I do know how to water a tree, darling." 'He was on really good form,' she continued. 'I caught his eye at one point and he waggled his eyebrows and smiled like, "Isn't it fun we're here again?"' 'I remember walking out and thinking, he looks on really good form - how happy he looks, how animated he is. And then for the next day, his son to do that to him, I thought was pretty distasteful.' Adding his own commentary, Richard said: 'I have had several people contact me to say that Harry should be prosecuted for treason.' The Treason Act of 1352 made it a crime to 'compass the death of the sovereign' - but Harry is unlikely to be hauled off to the Tower of London as Charles has been relatively transparent about his battle with the disease. 'Even so,' Richard continued. 'The way he sort of put it, "I don't know how long he has left", it really struck the opposite tone to what we have heard from the Palace which is one of positivity about his treatment. 'It did seem deeply unpleasant, I would say.' Rebecca was also quick to point out the 'irony' of Harry's comments. She said: ' It is not because he is speculating about his health, it is because he has no idea. 'He is so kept out of the loop now because he does things like that and goes on TV and gives interview and talks about very sensitive subjects like that that he can't be trusted with that sort of information.' Jo, who hosts the hit YouTube show went on to question whether the Royal Family were concerned about Harry's bombshell interview overshadowing the true meaning of VE Day. 'I know what the Palace want today is to really focus on what we are trying to commemorate here in the UK which is the end of a very damaging war in Europe that saw a lot of loss of lives and thank the veterans that are still alive and those that have sadly passed away and laid down their lives or died ever since,' Rebecca said. 'It's not amazing timing, is it?' Jo asked. 'To be talking about your personal risk and all that when we are commemorating what people went though in WWII?' 'People are here to remember sacrifice,' Richard said. 'So the idea of more whinging from across the Atlantic will not go down very well at this particular time.' After taking the salute throughout the procession, King Charles was joined on the Buckingham Palace balcony by his wife Camilla to watch the Red Arrows tear through the grey skies of London. Working members of the Royal Family and their children also stood by his side including the Princess Royal, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and three of his grandchildren George, Charlotte and Louis. Describing the scene, Richard said the royals will be keen to show a 'sense of togetherness, defiance almost' in the wake of Prince Harry's revelatory interview. 'They certainly will be keen to show that they're together as a family and that they are carrying on as normal and they wont be pushed off course by various salvos from Montecito,' he said. Richard added that the royals will be keen to show a 'sense of togetherness, defiance almost' in the wake of Prince Harry's revelatory interview Members of the Royal Family join King Charles on the Buckingham Palace balcony on Monday The Royals wave to the crowds before heading inside Buckingham Palace to enjoy a tea party with the veterans 'When Harry and Meghan quit royal duties and left Britain, the idea was that they would come back for events such as this. 'Harry with his military service saw this as integral to who he was so he will be disappointed not to be here, and the same applies to Prince Andrew.'
