LONDON: Britain’s Prince William said on Friday in a rare public comment about the Princess of Wales that his wife Kate Middleton is “doing well” as she undergoes preventive chemotherapy for cancer.
Kate Middleton announced in March that she was undergoing treatment for cancer after being diagnosed with stomach surgery earlier in the year.
She said at the time that she was fine, but the couple’s office said they would not provide regular updates on her health and that she would not return to public duties until her doctors say she is OK to do so. . Absolutely fine.
However, when Prince William, 41, was asked how his wife’s health was during a visit to a community hospital in the Isles of Scilly off the coast of Cornwall in southwest England, he replied: “She’s doing well, thank you.” ” , Yes.”
The heir to the throne, who is also the Duke of Cornwall, was on a two-day visit to the region, where he viewed a site for a new project to tackle homelessness, spent time on the beach with local groups and visited a community Did. Did. hospital.
He arrived by boat on Friday in the Isles of Scilly, 28 miles (17 miles) off the coast of Cornwall, bought a Cornish pasty, the region’s famously delicious pastry, and told the crowd gathered on the pier that his family was “very upset.” “That he was there without them.
Prince William also met with port operators and local businesses on St. Mary’s, the largest of the islands, to talk about preparations for the summer tourist season.
Her father King Charles, 75, also stepped out to visit a military training college on Thursday, in his latest engagement since returning to public duties following his cancer diagnosis.