A close friend of Princess Catherine has shared a major update on the royal’s cancer treatment, claiming Kate is “tolerating” chemotherapy and “doing a lot better”.
Royal expert Richard Palmer discusses the details behind Princess Catherine’s briefing on the “early years” report – which addresses business investment in children’s early years.
“This is her passion – giving children a better start in life in the UK and elsewhere around the world is her life’s mission now,” Mr Palmer told Sky News Australia.
“She was never not going to be involved in drawing up this report.”
In a major update on Kate’s treatment, a source close to the Princess of Wales told Vanity Fair that the Princess is “tolerating” the chemotherapy and the medication is helping the royal get “better”.
“It has been a great relief that she is tolerating the medication and is actually doing a lot better,” a family friend of the Princess of Wales told the magazine on Tuesday.
The insider also confirmed earlier reports that the Middleton family, including Kate’s sister and confidante Pippa, are rallying around the royal during her treatment.
Princess Catherine is reportedly doing well amid her cancer treatment. Picture by Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images.
“It has, of course, been a very challenging and worrying time. Everyone has rallied around her—William, her parents, and her sister and brother,” the source said.
Kate confirmed her cancer diagnosis in an emotional video message in March and revealed she had started “preventative chemotherapy”, which prompted a global outpouring of support for the Princess of Wales.
The cancer cells were discovered while the Princess was undergoing an unrelated abdominal surgery in January at The Clinic, coincidentally the same hospital where King Charles discovered he also had cancer.
Whilst receiving her treatment, the Princess is understood to be residing between the Wales’ family home, Adelaide Cottage on the Windsor estate and the family’s country home Anmer Home in rural Norfolk.
Catherine is understood to be recuperating at Anmer Hall on the Sandringham Estate. Picture by Indigo/Getty Images.
Kate, 42, remains on an indefinite hiatus from public life while undergoing treatment, but last week a Kensington Palace staffer confirmed the Princess is still being periodically updated on her most important royal causes.
Prior to her cancer diagnosis, the Princess of Wales championed early childhood development as one of her major causes and commissioned a report to assess how prioritising childhood development can help the British economy.
Last week, a Kensington Palace spokesperson said early childhood continues to be a “huge priority” for Kate, who has been kept fully updated on the progress of the report during her recovery.
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“I know, having briefed The Princess on this, that she is enormously grateful to the members of the Taskforce who have made such fantastic progress on this work over the past year,” Christian Guy, Executive Director of the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood revealed to the Express newspaper.
The major update comes just one day after the Daily Mail reported that Kate has been well enough to be “out and about” with her husband and children in recent weeks near the family home.