Media Tip Sheet: Kate Middleton Announces She Has Cancer


March 22, 2024

Kate Middleton

In a video statement released to the press Friday, she said she had undergone major abdominal surgery in London in January, saying it was thought her condition was noncancerous. However she said tests after the operation found cancer had been present. 

Kate's last public appearance was in December 2023 for her family's annual Christmas outing in Sandringham. Her "planned" surgery took place on Jan. 16 and was "successful," according to the palace.

Julie Bauman, is the director of the George Washington University Cancer Center as well as associate dean of cancer and professor of medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

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