Prince William Was "Hurt" Over Kate's Diana-Like Hounding After Cancer Diagnosis

Princess Kate underwent a planned abdominal surgery in January this year. Over the past weeks the public has been concerned about her health, as her last public outing took place in December 2023. A few days ago, the Princess of Wales revealed her cancer diagnosis to the public.

Now, in an appearance on 'Good Morning Britain', 'Sunday Times' Royal editor Roya Nikkhah, claimed that Prince William feels "hurt" by how his wife has been treated by the media and social media users, as there's been some conspiracy theories surrounding her illness.

According to Nikkhah, the Prince of Wales is "seeing elements" of the hounding his own mother, Lady Diana, experienced.

She said: "Having seen his mother go through quite a lot of that, the hounding of his mother, I think he feels he is seeing elements of that being breached again in terms of the demands and screeches at his wife over her medical privacy and that is hurting him."

During the interview, host Susanna Reid asked Roya if William feels "sensitive" about the parallelisms between his mother and his wife.

Roya answered: "He always has been, ever since he has been a child and since he has been with Catherine since university."

In the past weeks, the public and Royal fans have been wondering whether Princess Kate's health is stable, as she hasn't been around.

Nikkhah considers that Kate could make her health condition public at upcoming Royal engagements. She said: "I think she is going to be much more open about what's happened, I think she will do it in a natural organic way like on an engagement. We have seen William at engagements in the past few weeks and everyone is asking him how is Kate, saying please give these flowers to your wife. I think when she's out and about she will be asked about it.

"I'm not saying she will go into every detail about what surgery she has has but she might find a way to speak about her recovery about the places it's taken her mentally and physically, we know mental health is an important thing for them, that is the way she is going to let the people know has been going on."

Roya believes that Princess Kate should be able to take a break, as she has been in the public eye since she was very young.

She said: "This is a woman who has been in the media since her early 20’s and she has barely put a foot wrong, I think we should lay off her a little bit."

Kate's situation reminds the public of Princess Diana, who was constantly chased by the press due to her marriage and eventual divorce from then-Prince Charles.

Princess Diana died on August 31, 1997 in a terrible car crash in Paris, France. At the time of the accident, she was fleeing photographers.

Diana was 36 years old when she passed away. In her final years, she had been fighting for less press scrutinity and more privacy.

Princess Kate is not expected to resume her Royal duties until after Easter, March 31, 2024. 

The Princess of Wales was reportedly spotted during a visit to a Windsor, England farm shop, on March 16. 

Witnesses and onlookers told 'The Sun' that "she looked happy and she looked well" and that "after all the rumours that had been going round I was stunned to see them there."