Prince William shared an encouraging health update on his wife and children after Catherine revealed in March that she had cancer.
The heir apparent to the British throne, who returned to royal duties on Tuesday to attend the grand opening of James Place Newcastle, was asked how his wife and three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and the Prince Louis, as Princess of Wales undergoes preventive chemotherapy to treat the undisclosed form of the disease.
“Everything is fine, thank you,” William said, as seen on Daily Mail. images posted on social media. “We are all fine.”
Representatives for Kensington Palace did not immediately respond Wednesday to the Times' request for additional comment.
William, 41, returned to public duties in late April, a few weeks after his wife revealed she had cancer after undergoing “major abdominal surgery” in London in January. Since then, the palace and royal family have provided little to no substantial update on the 42-year-old's health.
Catherine's unprecedented royal announcement came after months of speculation about her condition and whereabouts, resulting in intense public pressure on the British royal family and as King Charles III, William's father, is also being treated for an undisclosed form of cancer.
In late April, the palace shared a portrait of Prince Louis on the couple's official Instagram account that was photographed by Catherine for the young prince's sixth birthday. Earlier this week, the palace shared another post commemorating William and Catherine's 13th wedding anniversary. Palace photos, especially those taken by Catherine, had come under scrutiny in the weeks leading up to the princess's reveal after the institution published a doctored photo of the mother of three that only intensified speculation about her well-being.
Catherine, an upper-middle-class commoner who married into the British royal family in 2011, had also been plagued by rumors about problems in her marriage during that time. In her announcement, she said it had been “an incredibly difficult couple of months” for her family, but having William by her side had been “a great source of comfort and peace of mind.”
She also explained that she waited to go public with her diagnosis because she and William needed to take time to inform their young children.
“It has taken me time to recover from major surgery to be able to start my treatment. But, most importantly, it has taken us time to explain everything to George, Charlotte and Louis in a way that is appropriate for them, and to assure them that I am going to be okay,” Catherine said in the video.
The palace said in January that the royal would return to public duties after Easter. However, following Catherine's statement, the palace said she is expected to return to public duties when cleared by her medical team. The palace also said she is “in good spirits and…focused on making a full recovery.”
Meanwhile, amid macabre misinformation about the progress of his funeral arrangements and false rumors about his death, Charles returned to his public duties on Tuesday. The 75-year-old monarch visited a cancer charity and began his carefully managed return after his cancer diagnosis sidelined him for three months.
The event was the king's first formal public engagement since Feb. 6, when Buckingham Palace announced he would be taking a break from public duties to focus on his treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer, the Associated Press reported.
