{"id":452619,"date":"2025-09-26T10:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T10:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/452619\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T10:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T10:49:11","slug":"prince-william-makes-heartbreaking-admission-about-kates-cancer-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/452619\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William makes heartbreaking admission about Kate&#8217;s cancer battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Prince of Wales opened up about her diagnosis in a rare television appearance<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1_JS382093327jpg-P.jpg\" alt=\"The Prince and Princess of Wales\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>The Prince of Wales admitted 2024 had been the &#8220;hardest year [he&#8217;d] ever had&#8221; (Image:  Eddie Mulholland\/Daily Telegraph\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">Prince William has made a heartbreaking admission during a rare television appearance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">The Prince of Wales opened up about the &#8220;hardest year of his life,&#8221; in a chat with Canadian comedian, Eugene Levy, on his new show The Reluctant Traveller.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">In the episode, the actor travelled to London, where a segment focuses on the comedian meeting <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/prince-william\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince William<\/a> at Windsor Castle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">Prince William welcomed the Schitt&#8217;s Creek star warmly, showing him around the estate and joking over how they &#8220;provide this service for everyone,&#8221; adding &#8220;we do personalised tours everywhere.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/showbiz-tv\/princess-eugenie-makes-major-announcement-32540879\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Princess Eugenie makes major announcement after Sarah Ferguson scandal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">After a walk around the grounds, William and Eugene sat down to enjoy a pint at a local pub, which is where the future King opened up in an emotional moment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">He shared the difficulties the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/royal-family\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Family<\/a> has faced over the last year, in reference to both his father, King Charles, and wife, Princess Kate, being diagnosed with cancer within just weeks of each other, the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/royals\/prince-william-makes-painful-admission-35969400\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Mirror <\/a>reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">The Prince of Wales said: &#8220;I&#8217;d say 2024 was the hardest year I&#8217;ve ever had. You know, life is sent to test us as well, and being able to overcome that is what makes us who we are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">William&#8217;s comment echoed one he made during his trip to South Africa in November, where William admitted to how the year had been &#8220;dreadful,&#8221; adding again &#8220;it&#8217;s probably been the hardest year in my life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/showbiz-tv\/bbc-strictly-come-dancings-thomas-32535502\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC Strictly Come Dancing&#8217;s Thomas Skinner &#8216;hit with legal action&#8217; as star dealt blow<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">At the time he said: &#8220;So, trying to get through everything else and keep everything on track has been really difficult.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">&#8220;But I&#8217;m so proud of my wife, I&#8217;m proud of my father, for handling the things that they have done.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">&#8220;But from a personal family point of view, it&#8217;s been brutal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">Princess Kate&#8217;s cancer diagnosis was made public back in March 2024, with the future Queen undergoing chemotherapy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">She completed her course in September of the same year, before confirming she was in remission in January 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Prince of Wales opened up about her diagnosis in a rare television appearanceThe Prince of Wales admitted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7714,7713,533,518,2832,532,2831,7710,519,7711,7712],"class_list":{"0":"post-452619","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-catherine","10":"tag-catherine-middleton","11":"tag-kate-middleton","12":"tag-king-charles-iii","13":"tag-prince-of-wales","14":"tag-prince-william","15":"tag-princess-of-wales","16":"tag-royal-families","17":"tag-royal-family","18":"tag-uk-royal-family","19":"tag-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115270213028246745","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}