The reigning monarch, King Charles, had a heart-to-heart private lunch with his beloved daughter-in-law the day before she courageously revealed her cancer diagnosis to the world.
The King, 75, travelled from London to Windsor Castle on March 21 to meet Kate and was reportedly left “feeling very emotional”.
The following day, Princess Kate released a positive yet heartfelt video addressing the public to explain she was undergoing “preventative chemotherapy” and that the news came as a “huge shock”.
The Daily Mail reports a source said they both would have had a lot to discuss during the Windsor Castle lunch, as the King only started his cancer treatment a few weeks earlier, following his prostate surgery.
They said: “The King left his lunch feeling very emotional. They are very close and he thinks of Catherine as his daughter. There is no doubt there is a lot they can share and use each other for support during their own deeply personal cancer battles.”
Both the Princess of Wales and King Charles stayed at the private hospital, The London Clinic, for their respective surgeries earlier this year. Charles was being treated for an enlarged prostate while Kate had just undergone major abdominal surgery.
Insiders told the Sunday Times that King Charles was seen “toddling” from his hospital bed to see Kate along the corridor to check on her.
Following Kate’s emotional address to the country on Friday, during which she confirmed her diagnosis, the King’s spokesman said in an emotional tribute that Charles was “so proud of Catherine for her courage in speaking as she did”.
The statement added that Charles had been in the “closest contact with his beloved daughter-in-law throughout the past weeks”.
