They were surprised like everyone else: Kate Middleton's friends didn't know about her illness - voila! celebs. "She managed to hold her own well", one can understand why there was an impression given that it is difficult news.
"I think the real anchors in her life are her parents, her brother James and her sister Pippa," said the expert on the royal house, Katie Nicholl, adding: "Although you don't see them photographed together often, but They are very present in the background"