Kate Middleton: I have cancer

Catherine, the Princess of Wales, has been diagnosed with cervical cancer, she has announced. 

She said in a video statement: “In January, I underwent major abdominal surgery in London and at the time, it was thought that my condition was non-cancerous. The surgery was successful.

“However, tests after the operation found cancer had been present. My medical team therefore advised that I should undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy and I am now in the early stages of that treatment.” “

She added that it had come as a “huge shock” and that she and the Prince of Wales had “been doing everything we can to process and manage this privately for the sake of our young family.”