Britain's Prince William, Prince of Wales and Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales arrive for a visit to mental fitness workshop run by SportsAid at Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre near Marlow, west of London, on October 12, 2023. The Prince and Princess of Wales are carrying out engagements across the country to mark World Mental Health Day, which took place on October 10. During the visit they joined sessions with young athletes and parents to see the support being offered by SportsAid to build their mental fitness. (SUZANNE PLUNKETT/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
LONDON: Prince William said his wife Kate Middleton is “doing well” when asked during his visit to St Mary’s Community Hospital on the Isles of Scilly in southwest England on Friday.
An administrator at the hospital, Tracy Smith, gave the royal a tour of the facility. “May I ask how Princess Kate is doing?” she said. To which William responded that Kate was “doing well.” When asked about his children, William joked: “The children are very jealous that I am here… Maybe we might come later in the year.”
The rare update comes after the Princess of Wales announced in a video message that she had been diagnosed with cancer after a planned abdominal surgery.
Kate said in the video, which was released by Kensington Palace on March 22, that the news was a “huge shock.” She began a course of “preventative chemotherapy” in late February, according to a Kensington Palace spokesperson. “I am well and getting stronger every day,” Kate said in the video message.
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During the royal visit on Friday, he was given a letter by hospital matron Lynda McHale, written by her granddaughter, that wished the Princess of Wales and the King well in their respective cancer recoveries.
“It was a card from my granddaughter who wanted to wish his father and wife ‘get well soon,’ ” McHale said, as reported by Sky News.
The trip marks William’s first official visit to the Isles of Scilly since becoming Duke of Cornwall, a title he holds in addition to his Prince of Wales title.
William met with hospital staff on Friday to learn about plans for a new integrated health and social care facility, meant to improve the range of care provided and allow people to receive care close to them rather than having to travel to the mainland. The new building is scheduled to open by next summer, BBC reported.
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