Princess of Wales initially kept her cancer a secret from her children. The Prince and Princess of Wales would be “encouraged by the extraordinary resilience of the children” The three children would support the princess “with a smile”, and “having fun together when they can is very important to them,” a royal source said.

Kate Middleton waited until the end of school and the children's Easter holidays to reveal her illness to the whole world, so that they would not suffer questions from the other children.