In a video broadcast Friday March 22 on social networks, Kate Middleton announced that she had cancer. The Princess of Wales very quickly spoke of “the time” it took to “explain everything to George, Charlotte and Louis”, her three children aged 10, 8 and 5. And this, “in an appropriate manner and in a way that assures them that I will get through this.”
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In the columns of the
Times
, we learn more about the circumstances of Kate's cancer announcement to George, Charlotte and Louis. According to information from the British daily, this was timed to coincide with the start of the Easter school holidays in England. They started on Friday at 4 p.m., two hours before the princess's video was broadcast. “Kate and William waited until that date to announce the news to the world so that their children could be protected from the media coverage that would follow,” reports the
Times
. It probably also meant that they could avoid any unnecessary questions or comments in the school playground for a few weeks.”
“Children talk at school, that was their main worry”
Quoted by the daily, a close friend of the family insists: “Kate and William have done everything they can to protect the children, and have made sure that they do not know everything that is happening. The children talk at school, that was their main worry.”
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Like any parent suffering from cancer, when it came time to reveal her state of health to her children, Kate Middleton had to find the right moment and look for the right words to use. “The best thing is to choose a time that is convenient for you and your family, that is to say a time when you can bring the children together if you have several and where everyone will then have time to spend yourself to discuss,” reminds
Madame Figaro
of a psychologist listening to the League against Cancer. Unlike other families, however, the Wales are known throughout the world. Enough to expose George, Charlotte and Louis more than ever to the ordeal of illness.
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