{"id":584143,"date":"2026-07-13T22:48:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T22:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/584143\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T22:48:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T22:48:21","slug":"james-middleton-gives-rare-insight-into-how-his-darling-sister-the-princess-of-wales-spent-time-in-hospital-during-her-cancer-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/584143\/","title":{"rendered":"James Middleton gives rare insight into how his \u2018darling sister\u2019, the Princess of Wales, spent time in hospital during her cancer treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Catherine was motivated to complete the Challenge by her desire to help raise funds for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, where she was a patient during her cancer treatment and where she now serves as joint patron with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tatler.com\/topic\/prince-william\" isautogenerated=\"true\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prince William<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And while the Princess of Wales\u2019 family \u2013\u00a0including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tatler.com\/topic\/the-prince-of-wales\" isautogenerated=\"true\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Prince of Wales<\/a>, her three children, and her parents, Michael and Carole Middleton \u2013 were on hand to celebrate the future queen after she finished the gruelling challenge, it was her brother, James, who accompanied her on the journey.<\/p>\n<p>The Princess\u2019s brother continued with glowing praise for his sister: \u2018Seeing how far you\u2019ve come is nothing short of inspiring. Your strength, resilience, and determination, all while being the most amazing mother, wife, daughter, and sister, inspire me and so many others every single day.<\/p>\n<p>Keep being exactly who you are.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Photography Rock Face Head Person Portrait Clothing Coat Jacket Body Part Finger and Hand\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SnapInsta.to_732493904_18605374960045660_6171080274743699657_n.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Princess of Wales revealed in June that she had completed the Three Peaks Challenge<\/p>\n<p>Instagram\/princeandprincessofwales<\/p>\n<p>The Princess of Wales has also reflected on what was a milestone achievement in her recovery from chemotherapy. \u2018Cancer doesn\u2019t just affect the body. It changes how you think and feel and profoundly affects every aspect of life. I know this personally, and that the journey through and beyond treatment requires more than medicine alone,\u2019 she wrote in a deeply personal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tatler.com\/topic\/instagram\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> caption.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I have taken on the National Three Peaks Challenge, not simply as a physical endeavour but as a chance to explore life beyond diagnosis and to give something back. The Royal Marsden is a place that holds great meaning for me and whose care and expertise are life changing for so many people.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>On 22 March 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tatler.com\/topic\/the-princess-of-wales\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Princess of Wales<\/a> shocked the world by announcing that she had been diagnosed with cancer. In a deeply moving, highly personal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tatler.com\/topic\/video\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">video<\/a>, the future queen and mother-of-three sat on a bench at her home in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tatler.com\/topic\/windsor\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Windsor<\/a> and told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tatler.com\/topic\/public\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">public<\/a> that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tatler.com\/topic\/news\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">news<\/a> had been a \u2018huge shock\u2019, but that she had been undergoing preemptive treatment for two months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Catherine was motivated to complete the Challenge by her desire to help raise funds for the Royal Marsden&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[75],"tags":[18,117,19,17,52505,3479,5,8505,49232],"class_list":["post-584143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-james-middleton","tag-kate-middleton","tag-news","tag-royals","tag-the-princess-of-wales"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116915111114194406","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}