A Friend of Prince William Leaked How the Monarch Experienced His Wife's Diagnosis

The recent testimony of Jason Knauf, former CEO of the Princes of Wales's foundation and close friend of the couple, revealed unpublished details about how Prince William faced Kate Middleton's cancer diagnosis. In an interview for the program 60 Minutes in Australia, Knauf shared the difficult moment the heir to the throne experienced upon learning of his wife's illness.

According to Knauf, it was Prince William himself who communicated the news through a private phone call. "In a couple of weeks, you find out that both your wife and your father have cancer. I couldn't believe it. It was horrible, absolutely horrible. I had never seen him so bad", he confessed, highlighting the emotional impact the prince suffered, who would also be receiving psychological assistance.

The announcement of Kate's diagnosis was handled with extreme discretion, generating weeks of speculation about her absence from public events. Meanwhile, King Charles III's illness was reported through an official statement from Buckingham, in the case of the princess, they opted for silence until she herself announced the news in an emotional video.

During those months of uncertainty, multiple rumors and conspiracy theories emerged about Kate's public disappearance. Some hypotheses spoke of marital problems, even pointing to alleged infidelities by Prince William with Rose Hanbury, a British aristocrat with whom he has been linked on other occasions.

Knauf explained that the main reason for the secrecy was the priority the princes gave to their children. "The problem was that all this crazy conspiracy theory started in the background, on the Internet. 'Was she really sick?'. But they still didn't want to say she had cancer because they hadn't told the children and were still working on how to tell them", he detailed.

At the beginning of 2025, a new medical report released to the press brought a bit of hope to the English people upon learning that the princess was improving in her treatment. Her cancer was in remission, although she was advised to remain reserved and continue her life away from the public eye.