2024 proved to be a challenging year for Kate Middleton, who underwent preventative chemotherapy treatment following a cancer diagnosis. According to a new report, the Princess of Wales decided to rewrite the royal "rulebook" following her diagnosis, and has focused on prioritizing her three children—Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis.
Writing for The Sun, royal commentator and expert Emily Andrews discussed how Princess Kate worked through a plethora of difficulties following her cancer diagnosis. "At the heart of this is the steel of the Princess of Wales, which may come as a surprise to some," Andrews explained. "Kate, at times, may look like a fragile wallflower, but the former Miss Middleton is made of tough stuff."
Andrews continued, "Although she has borne the physical brunt of surgery and then chemotherapy, she has remained stoic, positive and always putting William...and their children...first."
The royal expert also spoke to friends of the Prince and Princess of Wales, one of whom said, "Last spring and early summer, things were really very tough. Catherine was very ill and William genuinely had to confront the possibility that he could lose his wife and his father [King Charles]." Charles shared his own cancer diagnosis in Feb. 2024, and continues treatment for the condition in 2025.
Discussing the way in which Princess Kate prioritized Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis, a friend told The Sun, "Keeping things as normal as possible for the 'kiddies,' as Catherine calls them, was paramount. Her mom in particular was a tower of strength and support."
In the article, Andrews also noted how much Princess Kate has changed following her cancer diagnosis. Previously "an intensely private person," Princess Kate "wants to use her deeply personal trauma to help others," Andrews explained.
As a source at the palace told The Sun, "The princess herself has spoken movingly over the past 13 months of the power that nature has played in her recovery...That is definitely a message of both her private life and her public work going forward." And it would seem as though George, Charlotte, and Louis remain at the center of everything the Princess of Wales does.
