Kate Middleton comments on a rare cancer while speaking to the public on Christmas Day
Kate Middleton commented this week on how cancer is relatable to so many people when she made a rare comment about her battle with the disease last year.
“The number of people who have written this year is amazing and I think cancer affects a lot of families,” the Princess of Wales told the health worker. He was speaking to the public in Sandringham after the royal family left their Christmas Day church service.
The royal family always spends Christmas at their Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England.
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The health worker who spoke to the princess, identified as Rachel Anvil of Cambridge's Royal Papworth Hospital, according to the New York Post, called Kate an “inspiration” to cancer patients for the way she handled her cancer battle.
Anvil noted that she has started her career in the cancer unit, and added that having someone “strong” to open up about her struggle was helpful to others dealing with the disease.
Kate Middleton commented this week on how cancer is relatable to so many people when she made a rare comment about her battle with the disease last year. (Samir Hussein/WireImage)
“People like you do all the hard work,” Kate said in an Instagram video of Anvil's mother's exchange, according to the Post.
“fox, I think cancer affects so many families.”
The princess added that she was “very grateful” for the work people like Anvil do for patients.
“We're all behind you, don't forget that,” another person, identified by the Post as Anvil's mother, told the princess — who was grateful.
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The 42-year-old royal announced he had been diagnosed with cancer in March, two months after undergoing planned gastric bypass surgery in January.
Kate Middleton meets members of the public in Sandringham after leaving Christmas Day services. (Getty Images)
He returned for his first public engagement since Christmas Day 2023 in June for the Trooping the Color parade.
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In September, Kate announced that she had finished her round of chemotherapy, although she said her road to a full recovery would be long, and that she would take it one day at a time.
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He added that he will make limited engagements later this year, including his second annual “Together for Christmas” concert at Westminster Abbey earlier this month.
Kate Middleton was accompanied on Christmas Day by her husband Prince William, their three children, Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6, and her cousins King Charles III and Queen Camilla. (Getty Images)
The Princess was accompanied on Christmas Day by her husband Prince William, their three children, Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6, and her cousins King Charles III and Queen Camilla.
King Charles, Queen Camilla, Prince William, Kate Middleton and Prince Louis attend church services at Sandringham on Christmas Day. (Getty Images)
Charles announced earlier this year that he too had been diagnosed with cancer and was undergoing treatment.
Fox News Digital's Stephanie Nolasco contributed to this report.
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