Kate Middleton Announces Cancer Diagnosis, Undergoing Chemotherapy

The princess of Wales announced the diagnoses on Friday.

Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales, appears in this still image from a handout video released on March 22, 2024, in which she announced that she is undergoing preventative chemotherapy after cancer was found to have been present, following her abdominal surgery in January. BBC Studios/Handout via Reuters

Kate Middleton, the princess of Wales, announced Friday that she has cancer and is now undergoing chemotherapy, according to a video recording that she issued.

The 42-year-old UK royal learned of her diagnosis after she had major abdominal surgery in January at the London Clinic, she said. The surgery was successful, the Princess of Wales added, but “tests after the operation found cancer had been present.”