Prince William shared in regards to the “hardest year” he’s ever confronted throughout a uncommon TV look.
The Prince of Wales made a cease by Eugene Levy’s Apple TV+ journey present, “The Reluctant Traveler,” in a preview clip of the episode launched this week. (The complete episode is ready to air Oct. 3.)
William guided Levy by a tour of Windsor Fort and joked that the royals “provide this service for everyone.”
“We do personalized tours everywhere,” the prince joked with the “Schitt’s Creek” actor.
Through the go to, Levy requested the prince what he did in his spare time (sleep), earlier than settling in for a pint at a neighborhood pub.
The 2 then acquired private, as William shared, “2024 was the hardest year I’ve ever had.”
“You know, life is sent to test us,” the prince mentioned. “And being able to overcome that is what makes us who we are.”
Final yr was certainly a troublesome yr for William and the royal household as a complete, as William’s spouse, Kate Middleton, and father, King Charles, have been each recognized with most cancers.
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Charles revealed his most cancers analysis in February 2024, simply after present process surgical procedure for a problem associated to his prostate.
Kate publicly disclosed her most cancers analysis in March 2024, although she has not shared what sort of most cancers she has. She introduced in September 2024 that she had completed chemotherapy.
A former aide and adviser to William, Jason Knauf, has beforehand spoken in regards to the toll 2024 took on the longer term king.
“Within a couple of weeks, if you’re Prince William, you find out that both your wife and your father have cancer,” Knauf mentioned in an interview with “60 Minutes Australia” in February. “I couldn’t believe it.”
“It’s the lowest I’ve ever seen him,” Knauf mentioned, including that “the problem was that all this crazy sort of conspiracy theory stuff kicked off in the background, online. ‘Was she really ill?’”
“But [William and Kate] didn’t want to say yet that she had cancer because they hadn’t told the children, and they were still working through how to tell the children,” he mentioned.
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Whereas conspiracy theories along with most cancers therapy might need appeared like the toughest a part of Kate’s well being journey, the Princess of Wales has additionally spoken in regards to the “difficult” elements that issue into restoration.
“You put on a sort of brave face, stoicism through treatment. Treatment’s done, then it’s like, ‘I can crack on, get back to normal,’ but actually, the phase afterwards is really, really difficult,” she shared this summer time throughout a go to to England’s Colchester Hospital.
