Kate Middleton cancer recovery: Everything Princess of Wales has said about her condition

People across the world were shocked to hear that the Princess of Wales had been diagnosed with cancer. On Friday the Princess shared a video where she revealed that tests had identified cancer following her abdominal surgery.

Kate said that she had undergone surgery for a condition which was believed to be non-cancerous, but test results later showed that “cancer had been present”. The mother-of-three said that she is now undergoing “preventative chemotherapy”.

She did not give any further details on the type of cancer that had been found. Kensington Palace has since released a statement saying that they will not share any further information details about her condition.

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In a statement, the Palace said: "We will not be sharing any further private medical information. The Princess has a right to medical privacy, as we all do." It added that Kate was now "on a recovery pathway having commenced a course of preventative chemotherapy".

According to experts, ‘preventive chemotherapy’ usually involves the same type of chemotherapy drugs used to treat active or advanced cancer. It’s meant to kill any remaining cancer cells that may have been missed, or spread to other parts of the body. Usually a course of preventative treatment lasts three months and the drugs are administered at a hospital over a few hours.

In her statement, Kate said that she is in “the early stages of treatment” so we can assume that she is still undergoing chemotherapy, and may continue to do so for several more weeks. Although she didn’t give a timeline on the treatment, she said that she had to “recover” from her “major surgery” before starting the