Britain’s Prince William says wife Kate ‘doing well’

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince William said on Friday that his wife Kate was “doing well” in a rare public comment about the Princess of Wales as she undergoes preventive chemotherapy for cancer.

Kate announced in March that she was undergoing treatment after cancer was found following abdominal surgery she underwent earlier this year.

She said she was fine at the time, but the couple’s office said they would not provide regular updates on her health and that she would not return to public duties until her doctors said she was well enough to this thing.

However, when asked how his wife was doing during a visit to a community hospital on the Isles of Scilly, off the coast of Cornwall in south-west England, William, 41, replied: “She is doing well , thank you, yes”.

The heir to the throne, who is also the Duke of Cornwall, was on a two-day trip to the region where he saw a site for a new homelessness project, spent time on a beach with local groups and visited a community. hospital.

He arrived by boat on the Isles of Scilly, 28 miles (17 miles) off the coast of Cornwall, on Friday, buying a Cornish pasty, the region’s famous savory pastry, and telling crowds gathered on the quays that his family were “very upset. “that he was there without them.

William had also met with port operators and local business people on St Mary’s, the largest of the islands, talking to them about their preparations for the summer tourist season.

His father King Charles, 75, was also on the trip on Thursday, visiting a military training college in his last engagement since returning to public office after being diagnosed with cancer.

(Reporting by Sarah Young; Editing by Alex Richardson)