{"id":241776,"date":"2026-05-22T14:48:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/prince-william-gives-update-on-kate-middletons-cancer-recovery-family-couldnt-cope-without-her\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:48:17","slug":"prince-william-gives-update-on-kate-middletons-cancer-recovery-family-couldnt-cope-without-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/prince-william-gives-update-on-kate-middletons-cancer-recovery-family-couldnt-cope-without-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William Gives Update on Kate Middleton\u2019s Cancer Recovery: \u2018Family Couldn\u2019t Cope Without Her\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/prince-william\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Prince William <\/b><\/a>is grateful for his wife <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/kate-middleton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Princess Kate Middleton<\/b><\/a>\u2019s continued recovery after her cancer battle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cShe\u2019s an amazing mum, an amazing wife and, literally, our family couldn\u2019t cope without her,\u201d William, 43, said on the Friday, May 22, broadcast of the U.K.\u2019s <i>Heart Radio<\/i>. \u201cShe\u2019s been absolutely stunning, brilliant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Kate, 44, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/kate-middletons-cancer-battle-timeline-surgery-chemo-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer<\/a> in 2024. After taking a step back from her royal duties, the Princess of Wales underwent a preventative form of chemotherapy as treatment. Kate announced last year that she was in remission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI wanted to take the opportunity to say thank you to The Royal Marsden for looking after me so well during the past year,\u201d Kate wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/kate-middleton-is-in-remission-continues-to-endure-side-effects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">in a January 2025 statement<\/span><\/a>. \u201cMy heartfelt thanks goes to all those who have quietly walked alongside William and me as we have navigated everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/every-time-prince-william-has-been-asked-about-kate-middletons-cancer\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/every-time-prince-william-has-been-asked-about-kate-middletons-cancer\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Prince William Says Kate Has &#8216;Long Way to Go\u2019 Despite Being Cancer Free<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tPrince William is feeling the love \u2014 and curiosity \u2014 from royal watchers as his wife, Princess Kate Middleton, continues her fight against cancer. In the middle of his ongoing royal duties, William has been faced with questions and comments from fans, who are hoping to receive an update on his wife. Kate first underwent [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">She continued, \u201cWe couldn\u2019t have asked for more. The care and advice we have received throughout my time as a patient has been exceptional. It is a relief to now be in remission and I remain focused on recovery \u2026 As anyone who has experienced a cancer diagnosis will know, it takes time to adjust to a new normal. I am, however, looking forward to a fulfilling year ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Kate has steadily been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/kate-middleton-makes-rare-comment-about-life-post-cancer-treatment-after-dropping-out-of-royal-ascot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">returning to her regal duties<\/a>, including embarking on her first overseas trip to Reggio Emilia, Italy, earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201c[I am] so proud,\u201d William gushed on Friday morning. \u201cShe\u2019s been amazing. She\u2019s been through so much in the last couple of years, particularly. And yeah, she\u2019d been looking forward to the Italian trip a lot. I\u2019m really glad it went really well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">According to William, Kate \u201cwanted to go and do lots of research\u201d on her Italian state visit.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cShe spends, God knows how much time now, looking through all the paperwork. She\u2019s a proper pro on early years,\u201d William said of his wife\u2019s patronage. \u201cMost evenings I\u2019m fighting to get past in the bedroom, what paperwork that she\u2019s got lined up, ready to read. I\u2019m so pleased it went well for her, and yeah, I think she came back buzzing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">William and Kate have been married since 2011, during which time they welcomed kids Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 11, and Prince Louis, 7, who had also dealt with their mom\u2019s health scare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cEveryone has their own coping mechanisms for these sorts of things, and children are constantly learning and adapting,\u201d William told <b>Eugene Levy<\/b> on an October 2025 episode of the actor\u2019s <i>The Reluctant Traveler<\/i> series. \u201cWe try to make sure we give them the security and the safety that they need. We\u2019re a very open family, so we talk about things that bother us, and things that trouble us, but you never quite know the knock-on effects that it can have. It\u2019s just important to be there for each other and to kind of reassure the children that everything is OK.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/prince-william-gives-update-on-kate-middleton-cancer-recovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince William is grateful for his wife Princess Kate Middleton\u2019s continued recovery after her cancer battle. \u201cShe\u2019s an amazing mum, an amazing wife and, literally, our family couldn\u2019t cope without her,\u201d William, 43, said on the Friday, May 22, broadcast of the U.K.\u2019s Heart Radio. \u201cShe\u2019s been absolutely stunning, brilliant.\u201d Kate, 44, was diagnosed with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":241777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-241776","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}