«Enormously touched by the messages of affection». After the announcement of Kate Middleton's cancer, the Prince and Princess of Wales thanked for the love they have received "from people in the United Kingdom, across the Commonwealth and around the world".
In a message made known by the Kensington Palace spokesperson, a real and polite warning also clearly appears: the public phase of this story ends here. William and Kate "are extremely moved by the public's warmth and support and are grateful for their understanding of their request for privacy at this time," the statement said. So privacy and no family public outings, at least for now. In fact, Kate, William and their three children, George, Charlotte and Louis will not be present at the traditional Easter mass with the royal family.
According to the British agency Pa, the Prince of Wales is expected to resume his public duties after the Easter holidays and the return to school of their children. Kate, 42 years old, will now retire from public life and, apart from chemotherapy cycles, will remain within the domestic walls of her refuge in the family home in Anmer Hall, Norfolk, together with Prince William and their three children «for isolate herself from the world", hoping to be left alone in her fight against the disease.
Despite her cancer diagnosis, the Princess of Wales continues to be the main protagonist of the kingdom's tabloids and newspapers, dominating the front pages: according to the Sunday Times which cites a source very close to the princess, Kate wrote in her own hand «quickly and entirely alone" the touching video message. Furthermore, she would have made the decision to speak to the nation in person using a video instead of a written note.
The disease has also affected the leaders of the Crown, with King Charles III who - according to his nephew Phillips, the only son of Princess Anne and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips - would currently feel "frustrated" by the fact that his recovery from cancer “is taking longer than he would like.” According to the same source at the Mail on Sunday the "pragmatic" sovereign is in "good spirits", but would also be "very anxious to return to normality".
(Unioneonline/D)
