Prince William Shares He Skipped 2024 Olympics For Kate Middleton

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Prince William & Kate Middleton Share Inspiring Message to 2024 Paralympians

Prince William continues to enactment Kate Middleton first. 

Indeed, the Prince of Wales precocious shared wherefore helium was not among Team Great Britain’s supporters successful the assemblage astatine the 2024 Paris Olympics and wherefore it stemmed from protecting his woman amid her crab treatments.

“I was truthful keen to travel but I person to accidental aft speechmaking someone's interrogation astir COVID,” helium explained successful a speech with Olympians Adam Peaty and Tom Dean during a sojourn to Birtley Community Pool successful Tyne and Wear Oct. 3, per Hello magazine. “ I decided, due to the fact that my woman was evidently having chemo, that I didn't privation to hazard bringing COVID home.”

Of course, the 42-year-old—who shares Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6, with Kate—assured that his deficiency of attendance did not correlate to his family’s deficiency of involvement successful the summertime sports competition. 

“We watched the full thing,” helium added. “We were glued to it each day.”

And portion it was a hard fewer months for the royal family, Kate precocious shared that she had completed her chemotherapy treatment—six months aft sharing her diagnosis with the satellite and 9 months aft retreating from the nationalist oculus to absorption connected her wellness journey. 

“As the summertime comes to an end, I cannot archer you what a alleviation it is to person yet completed my chemotherapy treatment,” the Princess of Wales shared successful a societal media station Sept. 9. “The past 9 months person been incredibly pugnacious for america arsenic a family. Life arsenic you cognize it tin alteration successful an instant and we person had to find a mode to navigate the stormy waters and roadworthy unknown.”

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She added, “The crab travel is complex, scary and unpredictable for everyone, particularly those closest to you.”

Although Kate’s wellness travel volition continue, she did marque her archetypal nationalist quality since announcing the completion of her chemotherapy precocious past period astatine Sunday work astatine Crathie Kirk successful Scotland, alongside her hubby arsenic good arsenic King Charles III and Queen Camilla

And she promises her nationalist engagements volition go much predominant arsenic her wellness improves. 

As Kate enactment it successful her September wellness update, “I americium nevertheless looking guardant to being backmost astatine enactment and undertaking a fewer much nationalist engagements successful the coming months erstwhile I can.”

Keep speechmaking to get up to day connected each of the royal quality astir the world.

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Princess Beatrice is Expecting Baby No. 2

The royal and her hubby of 4 years Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi are expecting their 2nd kid together, the Royal Family announced Oct. 1.

“Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice and Mr Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi are precise pleased to denote that they are expecting their 2nd kid unneurotic aboriginal successful the caller year,” the caption of their Instagram post read. “His Majesty The King has been informed and some families are delighted with the news.”

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Kate Middleton Completes Chemotherapy

On Sept. 9, the Princess of Wales shared that she had completed chemotherapy aft being diagnose with an unspecified signifier of crab earlier this year. 

"The crab travel is complex, scary and unpredictable for everyone, particularly those closest to you," she said successful a video statement. "With humility, it besides brings you look to look with your ain vulnerabilities successful a mode you person ne'er considered before, and with that, a caller position connected everything."

The royal added, "Although I person finished chemotherapy, my way to healing and afloat betterment is agelong and I indispensable proceed to instrumentality each time arsenic it comes. I americium nevertheless looking guardant to being backmost astatine enactment and undertaking a fewer much nationalist engagements successful the coming months erstwhile I can."

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Kate Middleton's First Formal Appearance Since Cancer Diagnosis

The Princess of Wales returned to the spotlight connected June 15—three months aft sharing her crab diagnosis—for the Trooping the Colour ceremonial successful London. She was joined by her hubby Prince William and their 3 kids: Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.

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Princess Anne Is Released From Hospital 

The Princess Royal was discharged aft a five-day stay astatine Southmead Hospital. Her husband, Tim Laurence, said successful a connection June 28, "I would similar to widen my warmest acknowledgment to each the squad astatine Southmead Hospital for their care, expertise and kindness during my wife’s abbreviated stay."

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Princess Anne is Hospitalized With Concussion

The younger sister of King Charles III sustained insignificant injuries during an incidental astatine her property Gatcombe Park, Buckingham Palace has announced.

"Her Royal Highness remains successful Southmead Hospital, Bristol, arsenic a precautionary measurement for reflection and is expected to marque a afloat and swift recovery," the June 24 statement, shared to X, read. "The King has been kept intimately informed and joins the full Royal Family successful sending his fondest emotion and well-wishes to The Princess for a speedy recovery."

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Kate Middleton Shares Chemotherapy Update

Nearly 3 months aft sharing her crab diagnosis, the Princess of Wales said that she's "making bully progress" with chemotherapy, though determination are "good days and atrocious days" amid her wellness journey.

"On those atrocious days you consciousness weak, bushed and you person to springiness successful to your assemblage resting," Kate wrote connected Instagram June 14. "But connected the bully days, erstwhile you consciousness stronger, you privation to marque the astir of feeling well."

She added, "My attraction is ongoing and volition beryllium for a fewer much months. On the days I consciousness good enough, it is simply a joyousness to prosecute with schoolhouse life, walk idiosyncratic clip connected the things that springiness maine vigor and positivity, arsenic good arsenic starting to bash a small enactment from home."

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New Role for Prince William

On May 13, King Charles III bestowed the rubric of Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps to his oldest son, sparking controversy arsenic galore royal watchers believed the rubric would beryllium much suited for Prince Harry, who trained and served successful the subject branch.

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Kin Charles III Returns to Public Duties

On April 26, astir 3 months aft sharing his crab diagnosis, Buckingham Palace announced that Charles volition instrumentality to public-facing duties

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Queen Camilla Attends Royal Maundy Service

The queen consort attended the Royal Maundy Service on March 28 successful spot of King Charles III, making her the archetypal spouse of the Monarch to proceed the past tradition.

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Kate Middleton Shares Cancer Diagnosis

In a March 22 video message, the Princess of Wales shared that she'd been diagnosed with cancer aft undergoing abdominal country successful January.

"It was thought that my information was non-cancerous. The country was successful," she said earlier noting that tests aft the cognition recovered crab had been present. "My aesculapian squad truthful advised that I should acquisition a people of preventative chemotherapy and I americium present successful the aboriginal stages of that treatment."

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Kate Middleton Apologizes for Edited Family Photo Controversy

After photograph agencies pulled the representation Kensington Palace shared of Kate since having her abdominal country connected March 10, the Princess of Wales addressed claims the photograph was doctored. 

"Like galore amateur photographers, I bash occasionally experimentation with editing," she tweeted connected March 11. "I wanted to explicit my apologies for immoderate disorder the household photograph we shared yesterday caused. I anticipation everyone celebrating had a precise blessed Mother's Day. C."

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Lady Kitty Spencer Privately Welcomes Baby

Princess Diana's niece celebrated Mother's Day successful the U.K. by sharing she and her hubby Michael Lewis privately welcomed their archetypal baby.

“It’s the joyousness of my beingness to beryllium your mummy, small one. I emotion you unconditionally," she captioned her March 10 Instagram post. "Happy Mother’s Day to those who observe today."

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Queen Camilla Takes a Break

After keeping up her afloat slate of engagements successful the aftermath of her husband's crab diagnosis, the palace cleared Camilla's schedule.

The Times pointed retired March 2 that the 76-year-old didn't person immoderate engagements connected her calendar until March 11, erstwhile she'd beryllium owed astatine Westminster Abbey to observe Commonwealth Day.

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Thomas Kensington Dies astatine 45

The hubby of Lady Gabriella Windsor and ex-boyfriend of Pippa Middleton, was recovered dormant Feb. 25. Days later, a coroner's inquest recovered that helium died by suicide.

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King Charles Diagnosed With Cancer

While King Charles III was successful the infirmary for his benign prostate enlargement procedure, the royal household subordinate was diagnosed with cancer.

"His Majesty has contiguous commenced a docket of regular treatments, during which clip helium has been advised by doctors to postpone public-facing duties," Buckingham Palace said Feb. 5. "Throughout this period, His Majesty volition proceed to undertake State concern and authoritative paperwork arsenic usual.The King is grateful to his aesculapian squad for their swift intervention, which was made imaginable acknowledgment to his caller infirmary procedure. He remains wholly affirmative astir his attraction and looks guardant to returning to afloat nationalist work arsenic soon arsenic possible."

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Sarah Ferguson Is Diagnosed With a Second Type of Cancer

The Duchess of York's rep said successful a connection connected Jan. 21 that Sarah was precocious diagnosed with malignant melanoma, an assertive signifier of tegument cancer. Several months prior, she underwent a azygous mastectomy to dainty bosom cancer.

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Queen Margrethe II of Denmark Abdicates the Throne

On Jan. 14, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark made past arsenic she officially abdicated the throne, handing the crown implicit to her son, present known arsenic King Frederik the 10th

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Kate Middleton Is Hospitalized

Kensington Palace announced connected Jan. 17 that Kate Middleton underwent planned abdominal surgery and was acceptable to stay successful the infirmary for 10 to 14 days.

"Based connected the existent aesculapian advice," the Palace said, "she is improbable to instrumentality to nationalist duties until aft Easter."

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Prince William Adjusting His Schedule

Amid Kate's recovery, Prince William postponed a fig of engagements arsenic helium supported his family, including the couple's 3 children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.

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King Charles III Undergoing Treatment

Shortly aft Kate's hospitalization was made public, Buckingham Palace shared that Charles "has sought attraction for an enlarged prostate."

"His Majesty's information is benign and helium volition be infirmary adjacent week for a corrective procedure," the connection added. "The King’s nationalist engagements volition beryllium postponed for a abbreviated play of recuperation."

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Luxembourg Welcomes a New Baby

Princess Claire and Prince Felix of Luxembourg welcomed lad Balthazar Felix Karl connected Jan. 7, the archetypal royal babe of the New Year!

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