UK's Prince William returns to public duties for first time since Kate's cancer diagnosis

PULLING FOR HER TO BE FACED WITH THIS AT HER YOUNG AGE IS PARTICULARLY HARD. DOCTOR RICHARD PENSON IS AN ONCOLOGIST AT MASS GENERAL’S CANCER CENTER. HE SPECIALIZES IN DIAGNOSING CANCERS. HE IS ALSO A FELLOW BRIT AND AMAZED AT PRINCESS KATE’S CANDOR AND STRENGTH TO GET THE NEWS OUT. ONCE IT’S REALLY CLEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO, WHAT IS THE DIAGNOSIS? WHAT IS THE TREATMENT PLAN TO ENSURE THE BEST OUTCOME? I THINK TO SIT DOWN ON A BENCH AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE’RE DEALING WITH. I THINK IS REALLY HELPFUL. THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF CONJECTURE ABOUT WHY WAS SHE IN HOSPITAL FOR SO LONG? THE ROYAL FAMILY NEEDS HER, DEFINITELY. LUCINDA SEARS IS A BRIT NOW LIVING IN BOSTON. SHE HAS WATCHED THE ROYALS HER ENTIRE LIFE AND ADMIRES PRINCESS KATE, BUT WAS STILL DEVASTATED BY TODAY’S ROYAL ANNOUNCEMENT. AND I’M NOW IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THAT TREATMENT. SHOCKED, SHOCKED. I MEAN, WE KNEW SHE’D HAD THE SURGERY AND THEY’D SAID RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING SHE’D BE BACK AFTER EASTER, SO WE JUST ASSUMED IT WAS A SERIOUS ABDOMINAL SURGERY. JUST REALLY SHOCKED AND QUITE DEVASTATED FOR HER. LUCINDA WITNESSED PRINCESS KATE’S AND PRINCE WILLIAM’S ROYAL VISIT TO BOSTON TWO YEARS AGO. IT’S NICE TO COME IN TO SAY HI. ROYAL WATCHERS ARE NOT EXPECTING MORE NEWS FROM KATE, AS HER DAY TO DAY WILL LIKELY BE KEPT PRIVATE. BUT THOSE WHO WATCH PEOPLE FIGHT CANCER EVERY DAY ARE IMPRESSED BY HER GRIT. SHE’S GOING TO BE OPEN AND HONEST ABOUT IT. SHE’S SITTING DOWN NOW, FACING THE WORLD WITH THIS NEWS TO PULL IN WILLIAM AND HER MEDICAL TEAM, WHO SHE OBVIOUSLY TRUSTS, AND SHE’S GOING TO GET OUTSTANDING CARE. I’M ALSO ROYAL WATCHERS AGREE IT WILL LIKELY

Updated: 7:31 AM CDT Apr 18, 2024

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UK's Prince William returns to public duties for first time since Kate's cancer diagnosis

Updated: 7:31 AM CDT Apr 18, 2024

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Prince William returns to public duties on Thursday for the first time since his wife’s cancer diagnosis, bolstering the royal family’s ranks as health problems continue to sideline the princess and King Charles III.William is set to visit a surplus food redistribution center and a youth club it serves, highlighting efforts to reduce food waste as a way to cut greenhouse gas emissions and feed people in need. The prince stepped away from public duties after Kate, the Princess of Wales, announced on March 22 that she was undergoing treatment for an unspecified type of cancer.In a video message released that day, Kate asked for “time, space and privacy” as she and her family adjusted to her diagnosis.“I have been doing everything we can to process and manage this privately for the sake of our young family,” she said at the time.“It has taken us time to explain everything to George, Charlotte and Louis in a way that is appropriate for them, and to reassure them that I am going to be okay,” she added.Both Charles and Kate have been largely absent from the public stage since January due to health problems, leaving Queen Camilla, Princess Anne and other members of the royal family to pick up the slack on the whirl of events and awards ceremonies that dominate the work of Britain’s monarchy.Charles announced on Feb. 5 that he had been diagnosed with an undisclosed type of cancer following treatment for an enlarged prostate two weeks earlier. Kate’s diagnosis came after she was hospitalized in late January for unspecified abdominal surgery.William is set to visit a surplus food distribution charity — Surplus to Supper — in Surrey, southwest of London, where he will lend a hand in the kitchen and help load prepared meals into delivery vans. He will then travel to a youth center in west London that benefits from the food deliveries.

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William is set to visit a surplus food redistribution center and a youth club it serves, highlighting efforts to reduce food waste as a way to cut greenhouse gas emissions and feed people in need. The prince stepped away from public duties after Kate, the Princess of Wales, announced on March 22 that she was undergoing treatment for an unspecified type of cancer.

In a video message released that day, Kate asked for “time, space and privacy” as she and her family adjusted to her diagnosis.

“I have been doing everything we can to process and manage this privately for the sake of our young family,” she said at the time.

“It has taken us time to explain everything to George, Charlotte and Louis in a way that is appropriate for them, and to reassure them that I am going to be okay,” she added.

Both Charles and Kate have been largely absent from the public stage since January due to health problems, leaving Queen Camilla, Princess Anne and other members of the royal family to pick up the slack on the whirl of events and awards ceremonies that dominate the work of Britain’s monarchy.

Charles announced on Feb. 5 that he had been diagnosed with an undisclosed type of cancer following treatment for an enlarged prostate two weeks earlier. Kate’s diagnosis came after she was hospitalized in late January for unspecified abdominal surgery.

William is set to visit a surplus food distribution charity — Surplus to Supper — in Surrey, southwest of London, where he will lend a hand in the kitchen and help load prepared meals into delivery vans. He will then travel to a youth center in west London that benefits from the food deliveries.

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