Prince William addresses ‘brutal’ 2024 after Kate Middleton and King Charles’ cancer diagnoses: ‘Hardest year of my life’
Speaking to reporters on the final day of his visit to South Africa, which hosted his annual Earthshot Prize Ceremony, the Prince of Wales said, “It’s been dreadful.
It’s probably been the hardest year in my life.”“So, trying to get through everything else and keep everything on track has been really difficult,” he added, responding to a question about how his year has been. “But I’m so proud of my wife, I’m proud of my father, for handling the things that they have done.
But from a personal family point of view, it’s been, yeah, it’s been brutal.”Asked how Kate, aka Catherine, Princess of Wales, is doing after completing her chemotherapy, William said she’s “doing well,” per People.
When a reporter told him he looked relaxed, the prince was taken aback. “I couldn’t be less relaxed this year, so it’s very interesting you’re all seeing that.”“But it’s more a case of just crack on and you’ve got to keep going,” he continued. “I enjoy my work and I enjoy pacing myself and keeping sure that I have got time for my family, too.”Prince William, who became Prince of Wales after his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II passed away in September 2022, also responded to a question about whether he liked the freedom and responsibility that came with his relatively new role. “It’s a tricky one.
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