2024-03-22 21:30:06
Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton, in a video published on the social network X, March 22, 2024. SCREENSHOTS
Second hard blow for the British royal family: after weeks of the craziest rumors on social networks, Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, broke her silence to announce that she had cancer. In a video broadcast on the BBC at the end of the day, Friday March 22, this 42-year-old woman, mother of three young children (George, 10 years old, Charlotte, 8 years old and Louis, 5 years old) explained that she had started chemotherapy. She said she felt ” GOOD “ et “regain strength day by day” but need“a little time, space and privacy” to heal.
In January, King Charles III, his father-in-law, had already revealed that he had started treatment for cancer, diagnosed during prostate surgery. Since then, he has released written and video messages but has not made public appearances on the advice of his doctors. Friday, after the princess’ revelation, the monarch said “so proud of courage” of his daughter-in-law.
Neither the king nor the future queen specified what cancer they were suffering from. The fact that they are open about their diagnosis, however, already constitutes a small communication revolution: the British still do not know what Queen Elizabeth II suffered from before she died in September 2022.
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In her video, the Princess of Wales explained that the cancer was diagnosed after she underwent a “major surgical intervention” in January. At the time, Kensington Palace, the communications unit of the Prince and Princess of Wales, assured that the operation was not linked to cancer – it was later detected and the young woman began treatment. chemotherapy at the end of February. During January, in the absence of official messages or photos, the most outlandish theories began to circulate online about the possible disappearance of the princess. They were excited when, at the end of February, her husband William canceled his attendance at a long-planned family event at the last minute.
Digital hysteria
“KateGate”, the publication on Mother’s Day, March 9, of a photo of Kate Middleton surrounded by her children, clumsily retouched – officially by the princess –, aggravated the digital hysteria. The photograph was abruptly removed from their catalog by the largest press agencies, due to several inconsistencies which betrayed its lack of authenticity. If the revelation of the princess’s cancer puts an end to the rumors, this delirious media episode will have proven to what extent the notoriety of the British royal family is considerable – and little in relation to its real constitutional powers, now largely symbolic.
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