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The news that Kate Middleton has cancer caused consternation around the world. Crown Princess Victoria and Crown Princess Mette-Marit also show their sympathy.
Windsor – “In January I had major abdominal surgery in London and at the time it was thought not to be cancer. The operation was successful. However, examinations after the operation revealed that there was cancer.” With these words made Princess Kate (42) announced her cancer publicly in a video message last Friday (March 22nd).
“Terribly sad”: Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria suffers from cancer-stricken Kate Middleton
Princess Kate’s moving video not only touched millions of royal fans, but also caused consternation among the other royal families. A future queen with whom Princess Kate is particularly close friends is Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (46). Kate and Victoria maintain a close relationship when they visit each other, most recently in November when Kate Middleton and Prince William (41) met in London for a double date with Victoria and Daniel of Sweden (50).
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“It’s always great to see them. And you have to seize the opportunity when it presents itself. We share a lot and it feels very natural and easy to meet,” said Crown Princess Victoria before returning to Sweden. And even in this difficult time that Princess Kate is currently going through after her cancer diagnosis, Victoria’s thoughts are with her, as Palace Communications Director Margareta Thorgren told her expresses confirmed.
The royal family finds the news shared by Princess Kate terribly sad. They expressed their condolences to the British royal family.
Mette-Marit supports Princess Kate – she also suffers from a serious illness
The head of communications at the Swedish court did not want to go into what the contact between Crown Princess Victoria and Kate Middleton looked like because it was private information. Like the Swedish newspaper Svensk Damtidning Reportedly, Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit (50) also showed her condolences by responding to Princess Kate’s video message Instagram responded with a heart, which we could not verify.
Princess Kate can certainly rely on Mette-Marit’s support, because the wife of Crown Prince Haakon (50) knows what it’s like to be in the public eye with a serious illness. The Norwegian Crown Princess has been suffering from incurable, chronic pulmonary fibrosis for years. Be it “Not easy to live with,” says Mette-Marit herself about her state of health. It’s all the better that the future queens support each other. Sources used: Instagram, expressen.se, svenskdam.se