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Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, revealed she has been diagnosed with cancer following her abdominal surgery in 2024. A royal announcement ended months of speculation about her health. Kate confirmed her heartbreaking diagnosis in a video message that was broadcast on TV at 6pm on Friday, March 22. She thanked the British public for their "wonderful messages of support and for your understanding whilst I have been recovering from surgery.”
Kate is the wife of Prince William, the heir to the throne. They met as students at St Andrews University. Ten years later, she became Catherine, Princess of Wales when they married at Westminster Abbey. The royal wedding was watched by millions around the world - and made a star of her younger sister Pippa.
Prince George arrived in 2013, Princess Charlotte followed in 2015, and Prince Louis made the Cambridges a family of five in April 2018.
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