Queen made one key move to protect Prince William and Kate Middleton during early years of marriage

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Following his grandmother’s death, Prince William and his wife of 13 years, Kate, embraced their new roles as the Prince and Princess of Wales, taking on an increasing number of royal duties while also bringing up their three young children, George, 11, Charlotte, nine, and Louis, six.

But earlier this year William was dealt two devastating, very personal blows when first his father and then his beloved wife were diagnosed with cancer.The Princess of Wales bravely announced she had been undergoing treatment for an unspecified form of the disease in a video message on 22 March, saying it had taken her time “to recover from major surgery in order to start my treatment”.

She added that she was “getting stronger every day”. For William, whose mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, was tragically killed in a car crash in 1997, aged just 36, the strain will have been considerable, not least because he’s also been required to step in for his father at various high-profile royal engagements.

Read More Related Articles Kate Middleton's go-to Superga trainers are now down to £25 in the Amazon sale “I don’t envy his role at the moment – he’s got a lot on his plate,” says Andrew Morton, author of The Queen: 1926-2022. “Catherine’s had a pretty tough time of it.