The troubled year for Britain's royal family continues. Princess Kate said Friday she is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer after major abdominal surgery in January found her to have the disease. "It was kind of a shock," said the 42-year-old wife of Prince William in a video message.

The announcement comes on the back of other health concerns in the royal family, with King Charles receiving treatment for his own battle with cancer. Kate's health concerns began in January, when she needed planned surgery for a non-cancerous condition. The tests delivered the diagnosis of cancer. The royal couple, Price and Kate, have in the meantime kept a close eye on their family and been dealing with things in private.

Kate's fessing off from public life after the surgery has only fed the speculations, though she was seen in a recent video dressed in her usual healthy self walking about with her boyfriend, Prince William. The couple wants to make their family the main focus of the treatment to remedy the condition. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak lauded Kate for her bravery and spoke out against those media houses treating her in any other way.

Although she has opted to remain silent on the type of cancer, health experts counsel that preventive chemotherapy treatment is important in reducing the risk of recurrence. Kensington Palace guarantees the public that Prince William is going to be there throughout the period. It is in the wake of such health problems that Kate has nonprofit needs, which people must be hopeful and supportive of for all cancer patients.

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