Kate, the Princess of Wales, revealed on Friday that she has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy.
The video released after few weeks of rumors circulating on internet about her whereabouts and health since she was hospitalized in January for unspecified abdominal surgery.
Kate, 42, hadn’t been seen by anyone publicly since Christmas until the clip circulated this week of her with her spouse, Prince William, heir to the throne, walking from a farm shop near their Windsor home.
Kensington Palace had given little info about Kate’s current condition beyond saying it wasn’t cancer-related, the surgery was successful and recuperation would keep the princess away from public duties until April.
The news is another shock for the royal family since the announcement last month that King Charles III was being treated for an unspecified type of cancer that was caught while undergoing a procedure for a benign enlarged prostate.
Charles, 75 years old has withdrawn from public duties while he has cancer treatment, though he’s appeared frequently in images carrying on meetings with government officials and dignitaries and was even seen going to church.
Kate, on the other hand, had been out of view, leading to weeks of speculation and gossip. Tried to put rumors to bed by releasing a pictures of her on Mother’s Day in the U.K. surrounded by her three smiling children backfired when.
The Associated Press and other news agencies retracted the image because it had been manipulated.