Princess Kate is ‘carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders’ after announcing her cancer diagnosis, according to Sarah Louise-Robertson.
The royal commentator joined Michelle Dewberry on GB News to discuss the ‘shocking’ announcement.
Louise-Robertson admitted the video message from Kate left her ‘worried and concerned’, adding that she felt the future Queen was feeling the pressure after months of speculation about her wellbeing.
“This news has just blown us away”, she said.
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“Especially in light of the conspiracy theories and the horrible rumours that have been circulating on the internet over the last couple of weeks.
“Just to see Princess Catherine sitting there, you can see she’s carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders. She just looks heartbroken.
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“It was a very emotional message.”
At points in the video message, Kate’s voiced cracked with feeling as she spoke out on the ‘huge shock’ of the medical development.
She opened up on experiencing an ‘incredibly tough couple of months’ as she offered a message of reassurance to those in a similar situation, telling them ‘you are not alone’.
Speaking in the video message recorded on Wednesday in Windsor, the princess said: “In January, I underwent major abdominal surgery in London and at the time, it was thought that my condition was non-cancerous.
“The surgery was successful. However, tests after the operation found cancer had been present.
“My medical team therefore advised that I should undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy and I am now in the early stages of that treatment.
“This of course came as a huge shock, and William and I have been doing everything we can to process and manage this privately for the sake of our young family.
“As you can imagine, this has taken time.”
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak led the nation in offering sympathy to the royal, saying in a statement: “The Princess of Wales has the love and support of the whole country as she continues her recovery.”
The princess was admitted to hospital for abdominal surgery on January 16 and at the time her condition was thought to be non-cancerous but tests after the successful operation found cancer, the type of which has not been disclosed