Anchor breaks down what she noticed about Kate’s message

Catherine, Princess of Wales, has just revealed that she has been diagnosed with cancer and is in the early stages of treatment. The 42-year-old woman just shared her diagnosis in a video

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that lasts about 2 minutes. I want to show you now. I want to take this opportunity to personally thank you for all the wonderful

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s of support and understanding. While I'm recovering from surgery. It has been an incredibly difficult couple of months for our entire family. But I've had a fantastic medical team, they've looked after me very well, so I'm very grateful. In January I underwent major domino surgery in London and at the time my condition was thought to be non-cancerous.

The surgery was successful, however, the tests performed after the cancer operation were present. Therefore, my medical team recommended that I undergo preventive chemotherapy treatment and I am now in the early stages of that treatment. This, of course, was a huge shock, and William and I have been doing our best to process and manage this privately for the sake of our young family. As you can imagine, this has taken time. It has taken me time to recover from major surgery to be able to start my treatment. But the most important thing is that it has taken us time to explain everything to George, Charlotte and Louis in a way that is appropriate for them and reassure them that I am going to be okay.

Like I've told you, I'm doing well and I'm getting stronger every day by focusing on the things that will help me here in my mind. Body and spirit. Having William by my side is a great source of comfort and reassurance, in addition to the love, support and kindness that many of you have shown. It means a lot to both of us. They hope you understand that as a family we now need some time, space and privacy while I complete my treatment. My work has always brought me a deep sense of joy and I hope to return when I can.

But for now, I have to focus on making a full recovery right now. I also think of all those whose lives have been affected by cancer. To everyone facing this disease in any form, don't lose faith or hide. You are not alone. You are not alone. One of the correct decisions. Royal correspondent Max Foster. Max, I know you've heard more over the course of this hour. What's the latest? It's interesting that you see that video. You know, this is a very important thing for anyone to do, but it's not always comfortable with comments and things like that.

And that was a big set for her and very powerful. And she would have made that decision. She would have had to approve it. I want to do it this way. I want to do it on my own. I don't need Prince William in this. I need to own this. So I think it would have taken a lot of development to find another explanation for why we haven't seen her much recently. But we just heard from Buckingham Palace. The spokesman just sent me a note from the king about the king. Therefore, His Majesty is very proud of Catherine for her bravery in speaking about her, as she did after spending time together in the hospital.

His Majesty has remained in close contact with his beloved daughter-in-law over the past few weeks. Both Their Majesties will continue to offer their love and support to the entire family at this difficult time. I think it was a unique experience, wasn't it, that Kate and Charles were in the hospital together and had quite similar experiences of having a procedure and coming out with a completely different diagnosis. But he, you know, is watching that video that he posted today and it really pays homage to her and the way he talks about kids. And he clearly feels like she's taking care of all of her priorities right there, Anderson.

You know, Max, it's very interesting. You know, there's been a lot of consternation and, you know, conspiracy theories about Katherine over the last two weeks or so. It's at a time like this when you really see, you know, this family that so many people see from afar and see on balconies and riding in carriages and big celebrations, you see them very human and very mortal. And, you know, she's a young woman sitting on this bench telling the world about this extremely personal diagnosis. Yeah. I mean, I think this is part of the shock, right? Because you realize that they are vulnerable like everyone else.

But, you know, it projects itself as this brand, which is in some ways invincible. It has existed for a thousand years. And we're so used to the queen being around for so long. And shortly after King takes the throne, we find out that he has cancer. And the thing about Kate is that she is this, you know, this vision of vitality. She is very athletic, she has a lot of energy and is very responsible. You know, she's, you know, a fantastic mother from everything I've seen really hands-on. And I think it's a shock, you know, in the book, you know, when we heard that the queen was sick, it was a shock, even though she was so old.

But it's just this vulnerability, someone who's in your life, you don't know them personally, but she's been a part of your life for so long and she might not be there. And then you realize, you know

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, if Charles and Kate weren't there, it's that kind of processing. So I think it's very personal for a lot of people. And as Kate talked about in her video, I think about other people who have suffered from cancer. This is something that I really saw when the queen died and that, you know, people connected with that moment because through people who died in their own lives, and I think people will now think about people who have suffered from cancer in their own lives. own lives. lives and, you know, look at Kate's, someone who is vulnerable to that, someone who you wouldn't expect to be vulnerable to any kind of disease.

It's just this vision of vitality. So, I mean, you know, let's get ready and, as far as I'm concerned, the nasty and disturbing conspiracy theories that have emerged of late now have a reason why we didn't see them. Interesting. But about the only thing I didn't see online in recent weeks was speculation that she might have cancer. But I think everyone needs to take a step back and really think about not just

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they put online, what they consume online, and, you know, sticking to CNN facts. You know, we've had a lot of discussions about this.

You know, we want people to understand the facts. And this is an incredibly difficult story to tell because there have been so few facts, but now we know why they didn't give us information. Frankly, I think it's understandable that you want to protect your children. It's a very, very sad twist on this. And obviously, I mean, people all over the world will be watching and praying for Katherine. It was heartbreaking to hear. I think it was also painful to watch. But for me, the strength that she showed, as Max was saying, the decision to present what was happening in this way to be her alone, because Prince William could have been at her side supporting her, and she decided to do it. .

On her account. She somehow managed to combine Regal with vulnerable in a way that she does so well. I am just as human. I think, for anyone who's watching and I know you showed that video, that moment where she described the big shock and we know when you're nervous and your throat gets tight and your voice gets tight. And the moment she took that inhale to say it, she was controlling her emotions in that video. So it's very emotional for me to see the strength that she showed there. But also, and I think this explains a lot of the speculation about what we've discussed in recent weeks, is that the kids came first.

They were at school. She clearly chose not to remove them from school in some way and keep their lives as regular as possible during this process. And now they're separated for the holidays and can figure it out themselves. This will send and has sent a kind of global bomb around the world. Now, kids don't have to face the questions because we know what kids are like. They can ask the question again. It's also just a reminder of the kind of humanity that exists that cares about what other kids at school will say to their kids at school.

They are at school. It's a fairy tale family in many ways. There is royal family. She is so majestic, she is so perfect. But in the end there are five people and there are three very vulnerable children in this, and they choose their moment. I think, very carefully. I think what's also deeply heartbreaking about this is, as Max said, what they've been through with all the wild speculation and the kind of traumas and the criticism and the photographs and stuff. And really what it was was a woman dealing with what is clearly traumatic surgery and now recovery and then chemotherapy.

I mean, for anyone. And we are the majority of us whose lives have been affected in some way by cancer, what this very real but also very human family is going through is a great challenge and they need the space now, if they asked for it. But I will say one more thing again, going back to being a princess at the end where she said and you repeated the line, you are not alone if you also suffer from cancer, you know you are not alone. , princess too. The beginning and the end there, I think. Well said.