Kate Middleton cancer diagnosis news — Princess & William to ‘miss service’ as Royal Family’s Easter plans revealed

Prince William beams as he meets with troops

Prince William was at Windsor's Combermere Barracks today to chat with soldiers and learn more about their work.

Following his visit, the Prince of Wales took to Twitter/X to share some snaps from the day.

Alongside the photos, Will wrote: "As Colonel, Welsh Guards, it’s always a pleasure visiting the barracks to speak with the soldiers, hear plans for their future, and witness the great work the Battalion does with physical and mental rehabilitation."

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You’ve met the Royal family a lot. What’s your favourite memory of Kate and William?

Lisa

The best times are off-camera when you see the genuine interaction and closeness they share. They can both be very tactile and William is often more engaged and relaxed on jobs when his wife is by his side.

I remember one engagement where Kate was without William and it was set up so she walked alone down a path where photographers could get a clear shot.

Unfortunately a reporter (who I won’t name) had not moved away in time and Kate literally bumped into them. She gave a huge genuine and natural smile and fell about laughing. 

Once I was at a job with William where he was speaking to elderly people in a care home. It was quite dry and was not going to make many front pages. But the residents were star struck and despite staff attempts to move William on he would not budge and stayed in his seat giving so much of his time that the job massively overran.

He didn’t need to do that. But he chose to ignore the attempts to make him leave and really made their day, week or even year. There are other times when us reporters get to travel on an official royal plane with the couple to cover their gruelling foreign tours and they come to the back of the plane and thank us for attending.

The conversations remain private but they show appreciation for the time we spend away from our families and hours of work that we have put in. That means a lot.

We’ve seen a lot more of the Queen since Kate and Charles have been ill. Do you think her title will now change going forward?

Sarah

The Queen will remain the Queen. But she has been standing in admirably for the King in recent weeks and will continue to do so while he recovers from cancer.

The late Queen Elizabeth II elevated Camilla from Princess Consort to Queen Consort in recognition of the support she has provided to her son.

I’ve seen them together in the last year on engagements and in France, Spain and Kenya and I don’t think Charles could be half as successful without his devoted wife.

What will the royal family do if the hospital records have been accessed?

Charlotte

They will be horrified by the reports that a worker at London Clinic accessed Kate's medical records.

Because if proven it's a disgusting breach and heaps fresh pain on the Princess of Wales at a time where she should be given space and time to recover at her own speed.

How would you feel if that happened to you? But the Royal Family are leaving this in the hands of the relevant authorities.

The allegation is currently with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and if it gets passed to the Police they will await the outcome of an investigation.

After we saw him at church are we going to see Prince Andrew doing more royal events now because others are ill?

Cristina

There are two reasons why Prince Andrew will not return; neither the King nor the public will stand for it.

He will never again be working Royal but as a family member he can attend events, such as Christmas Day walk and the thanksgiving service at Windsor last month.

His brazen appearance at the thanksgiving service was a major PR blunder which was lost amid the drama of William pulling out for mysterious 'personal matter'. 

I was there when he walked down to the chapel at the head of the family smiling and looking like he was in charge. I turned to palace staff and said it looked dreadful and wrong.

They insisted that in fact Andrew wasn't leading the family as they entered in reverse order. But the nuance was lost because of the photos and footage.

My worry is that no one is telling Andrew 'no'. But there is no way back for him as a working royal. He's toast.

Do you think the Royal family could have done anything different to avoid the speculation of the last few weeks?

Julie

Kensington Palace was quite clear in their first statement announcing the princess had an operation that she would be out of action until April and asked for privacy and people not to speculate.

That hasn't changed. Unfortunately, the world has not been able to cope with not seeing Kate and trolls have filled the empty space with their own theories and lies. 

The palace cannot and should not react to every little claim. They have simply asked for people to respect Kate's privacy and wait until April. But the biggest mistake was the doctored Mother's Day photograph, which Kate has apologised for.

Maybe they should have invited an official photographer in. But then some people would still find a way to start a new conspiracy. Sadly trolls are using Kate and William's photo error as a stick to beat the family with - any excuse to further peddle myths!

Have Megan and Harry been in touch with Kate privately - and how did she react/would react if they did?

Ruth

I do not doubt that Harry and Meghan hope nothing more than Kate makes a full recovery.

Harry and Kate were extremely close for many years. If they have reached out privately then it is exactly that - private. There was a claim that the couple reached out to William, Kate and the King, in January. 

But there has been virtually no contact between the two couples since Megxit more than four years ago. And the insults lobbed from California have cut deep and been hard to forgive.

I have asked the Sussexes if they would comment on the bullying that Kate has received online, as Meghan has spoken out about the treatment she received from trolls, but there has been no comment.

Do you think the royal family have a duty to tell us the truth about Kate and the King’s health?

Andrew

The palace ARE telling us the truth about Kate and King's health.

The issue is how much detail do we expect to be told. People should respect their individual choices about how much private information about their health they choose to make public. This is a difficult tight-rope to walk. 

Everyone, whether a princess or a pauper, has the right to medical privacy.

I don’t think any Sun reader would want or expect their own personal media details splashed across papers or subject to gossip and speculation online.

Ultimately it’s up to them to reveal to the public their health secrets. When I exclusively revealed in October 2021 that the late Queen had spent a night in hospital it was with her express permission. 

The King, meanwhile, has decided himself that he would announce he needed an operation for an enlarged prostate and then reveal his cancer diagnosis; without saying what time of cancer it is.

He wanted to make it public so that more men would get checked out. The Princess of Wales has chosen to say she has abdominal surgery and needs until April to recover. Both approaches should be respected.

Did Nelson Silva ask permission of the royal couple before taking and then selling/releasing his video?

Stephanie

Nelson saw the couple shopping in the Farm Shop. He then videoed them from his car on a mobile phone so he could show his family.

When his family told him of the conspiracy theories he decided to share it with the world to prove the nonsense circulating online wasn’t true.

The Sun spoke to Kensington Palace to explain what we would be publishing before we ran the footage and photos.