Kate Middleton health update: Princess of Wales "doing well" after cancer diagnosis, Prince William says
Prince William said his wife Catherine is “doing well” following her cancer diagnosis
The Princess of Wales is “doing well” following her cancer diagnosis, said her husband Prince William. The future king made the remaks during a visit to St Mary’s Community Hospital on the Isles of Scilly where he was brought to a new health and social care facility being built on land near the hospital owned by his Duchy of Cornwall.
Tracy Smith, administrator at St Mary’s Community Hospital in Hugh Town, greeted William when he arrived and hosted his tour of the small medical centre following his visit to the harbour where he bought his entourage Cornish pasties.
Ms Smith said: “I asked William about his wife Kate and he said: ‘She’s doing well, thanks,’ and I suggested they might like to come for a visit and bring the children.”
The Princess of Wales appealed for her family to have time, space and privacy when she announced her diagnosis for an undisclosed form of cancer on March 22, and said she had begun chemotherapy.
William was given a card for his father the King – also a cancer patient – and Kate by Matron Lynda McHale, who said: “It was a card from my granddaughter who wanted to wish his father and wife ‘get well soon’.”
William also said his children George, Charlotte and Louis were "very jealous" of his trip, and said he may bring them to Cornwall later in the year. The trip marks William's first official visit to the Isles of Scilly since becoming Duke of Cornwall, a title he holds in addition to his Prince of Wales title.
Catherine revealed in March that she was undergoing "preventative chemotherapy" after doctors discovered "cancer had been present" following her abdominal surgery in January. She has not yet resumed public-facing duties.
Her diagnosis came after a month the King was diagnosed with an undisclosed type of cancer. He resumed public responsibilities last week, following positive progress in his cancer treatment.