CBS news broke into the Northwestern game with a video of Kate, stating she has cancer and has begun chemotherapy! 
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Why won’t the royal just say what kind of cancer they have! Here in the US everyone does — celebs, politicians, the person next door! But chemo means it’s not nothing for sure!
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just saw this. So sorry to hear. Hope its treatable.
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So sad! Wishing her the best in her cancer battle and recovery. As hard as I’m sure it was for her to go public, at least it will put the craziness to rest, and help others in a similar battle, to know they aren’t alone.
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Kate’s video message
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I’m so sorry and rooting for her. After all this, it’s sort of not a surprise that clearly something was not right.
Her health is if the most important here but I also feel a little “why” did we go to the lengths of the Mothers Day photo.
Best to her and the family. It’s surely a very hard time . 
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I announced my breast cancer to a congregation of 200 people within two weeks of diagnosis because they needed to know why I wouldn’t be available all the time. And then after a few weeks off for surgery I worked through chem wearing scarves and wigs on Sunday mornings and through radiation. A good friend of mine taught undergraduate philosophy for 7 years will having treatment for stage 4 colon cancer, sometimes having to lie down his desk to lecture. No, I don’t get why it took 3 months to let your children and the country know or why you will need to withdraw to heal. Sorry Kate.
This has really hit a nerve for me.
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I am certainly sad to hear of her cancer diagnosis and I am wishing the best for her. I know this has to be very hard with her young family.
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Cancer is very scary, especially with such a young family. I can understand the delay and wish for privacy. I wish her the best.
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I was thinking the same thing. The delay and not saying what kind of cancer it is probably has more to do with protecting her young children than anything else.
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Protecting them from what?
Just saw the news about this! It’s probably pancreatic, stomach, or colon cancer. I feel so horrible for her husband and her kids.
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From hearing in the press, social media, and classmates that their mother might die, before she’s had a chance to ease them into whatever the reality of the situation might be.
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Oh, gosh, I hope it’s not pancreatic.
William has a lot to bear.
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Or cervical or ovarian? Cervical seems likely to me.
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I don’t see kids their age knowing what the press or social media are saying. And classmate conversation seems like an ongoing thing through treatment. Mom is sick. She will have to take some medicine that will make her feel bad. The doctors are going to help her get well. Or if it’s more serious, we don’t know when she will get well but the doctors are taking good care of her. This isn’t that hard. And now I will step aside, but know there are mothers with small children working through cancer treatment every day all over the world. Some die. Many survive.
I hope it is something very treatable and not pancreatic.
One of my friends was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of breast cancer two years ago. Her kids were significantly older than the Kate and William’s but they were still very guarded with what they shared and when.
I’m not going to judge anyone for how they time sharing difficult news.
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Because not everyone handles it the same way. It took me almost a month to tell ANYONE because I didn’t know what to say - was still doing testing, didn’t know the treatment plan. It was almost 3 months before I knew if I’d need chemo or not (testing screw ups that I’m sure Kate didn’t have to deal with). I didn’t want to tell my kids, who are a lot older than Kate’s, before I knew more information about treatments, and I didn’t want them to hear it from someone else before I could tell them. Even the few friends who I did tell drove me crazy with questions about ‘what’s next, what do you know, when when when?’ and I didn’t know anything.
But I still don’t share it all. It’s medical. It’s my right to be private. Does anyone want to fire her from being Princess of Wales because she can’t do public appearances? I don’t think so, so what is gained by her sharing? Public may feel better but she may feel worse. Maybe her prognosis isn’t good and she doesn’t want to share that. It’s her right to decide.
And poor William. All the speculation about his affair while his wife and father are ill.
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I think it’s interesting that both King Charles and the POW announced that they were having surgery but that it wasn’t cancer.
And then both had to announce at a later time that they didn’t think it was cancer but it turned out to be.
I find this wording very interesting.
All the luck to her.
My daughter as I’m sure everyone knows had breast cancer. Double mastectomy, chemo, radiation treatment, reconstructive surgery and now a lovely (not!) medication regimen.
Because of her great company, she has able to have sufficient time to recover from surgery and chemo. She could have stayed home longer but decided that she could work. Her employer has been extremely supportive for all of her appointments and when she had terrible days.
As I wish everyone in this country had available to them.
I suspect that the princess had hoped not to share this diagnosis, which is her right.
I wish her all the best.
To speak to her right for this information to be public, I have respected my daughter’s right for privacy. That has meant not sharing anything on my personal Facebook. She hasn’t shared anything on her personal Facebook.
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