{"id":2053978,"date":"2025-09-27T12:24:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T12:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2053978"},"modified":"2025-09-27T12:24:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T12:24:57","slug":"prince-william-calls-2024-the-hardest-year-of-his-life-life-is-said-to-test-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/prince-william-calls-2024-the-hardest-year-of-his-life-life-is-said-to-test-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William calls 2024 the hardest year of his life: &#8220;Life is said to test us&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Prince William called 2024 the &#8220;hardest year&#8221; of his life in a preview for a rare television interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The year saw William&#8217;s wife Katherine, Princess of Wales, and his\u00a0father, King Charles, diagnosed with and treated for cancer. William and Kate, as she is commonly called, share three young children. The prince and his younger brother, Prince Harry, also <span class=\"link\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/prince-harry-king-charles-uk-first-meeting-in-19-months\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">remain distant<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d say 2024 was the hardest year I&#8217;ve ever had,&#8221; William was shown telling &#8220;Schitt&#8217;s Creek&#8221; star <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zmai6KchR0o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eugene Levy in a preview<\/a> for an episode of Levy&#8217;s Apple TV+ show &#8220;<span class=\"link\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/eugene-levy-takes-on-season-three-of-the-reluctant-traveler\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">The Reluctant Traveler<\/a><\/span>.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The full episode will be aired on Oct. 3. One clip from the preview showed William giving Levy a tour of Windsor Castle. Another showed the two men sitting at a pub, sharing a pint.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-youtube-video embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-video\">\n<p>\n    <iframe class=\"embed__content lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Zmai6KchR0o?autoplay=0&amp;rel=1\" data-optanon-category=\"essential\" data-height=\"113\" data-width=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n  <\/p><figcaption>\n    <span class=\"embed__caption\"><br \/>\n      <cite><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Zmai6KchR0o\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Reluctant Traveler \u2014 Season 3 &#8220;Next On&#8221; Clip | Apple TV+<\/a><\/cite> by<br \/>\n      <cite><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@AppleTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Apple TV<\/a><\/cite> on<br \/>\n      <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span><br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Life is said to test us as well, and being able to overcome that is what makes us who we are,&#8221; William said in the preview.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Charles, 76,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/king-charles-cancer-diagnosis-royal-insider-on-what-we-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">announced his cancer diagnosis<\/a><\/span> in February 2024. It was discovered while he underwent <span class=\"link\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/king-charles-iii-discharged-hospital-enlarged-prostate-treatment\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">treatment for an enlarged prostate<\/a><\/span>. Buckingham Palace did not say what kind of cancer he had, but said it was not of the prostate. The king <span class=\"link\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/king-charles-iii-resume-royal-duties-cancer-diagnosis\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">resumed public appearances<\/a><\/span> in May 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Each diagnosis, each new case, will be a daunting and at times frightening experience for those individuals and their loved ones,&#8221; Charles wrote in a booklet given to guests at Buckingham Palace event <span class=\"link\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/king-charles-cancer-experience-very-best-of-humanity\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">celebrating cancer charities<\/a><\/span> in April 2025. &#8220;But as one among those statistics myself, I can vouch for the fact that it can also be an experience that brings into sharp focus the very best of humanity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kate&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/princess-kate-cancer-diagnosis-what-we-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">announcement that she had cancer<\/a><\/span> came just six weeks after the king&#8217;s. Kate, 43, also did not say what kind of cancer she had, but said she had undergone chemotherapy to treat it. The announcement followed <span class=\"link\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/kate-middleton-cancer-news-shows-balancing-act-royals-celebrity-and-private-lives\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">weeks of speculation<\/a><\/span> about Kate&#8217;s wellbeing. In September 2024, the princess <span class=\"link\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/princess-kate-news-cancer-treatment-chemotherapy-completed\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">said she had completed chemotherapy<\/a><\/span> and made\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/king-charles-iii-princess-kate-attend-remembrance-event-royal-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">a return to public duties<\/a><\/span>. In January, she said\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/kate-princess-of-wales-remission-cancer\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">she was in remission<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While visiting a cancer support center in July 2025, Kate <span class=\"link\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/princess-kate-cancer-recovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">compared cancer recovery<\/a><\/span> to &#8220;a roller coaster.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You go through hard times,&#8221; the princess said. The difficulties continue even after treatment, she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re not necessarily under the clinical team any longer, but you&#8217;re not able to function normally at home as you perhaps once used to,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/kerry-breen\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Kerry  Breen<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com. A graduate of New York University&#8217;s Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism, she previously worked at NBC News&#8217; TODAY Digital. She covers current events, breaking news and issues including substance use.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.cbsnews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince William called 2024 the &#8220;hardest year&#8221; of his life in a preview for a rare television interview.\u00a0 The year saw William&#8217;s wife Katherine, Princess of Wales, and his\u00a0father, King Charles, diagnosed with and treated for cancer. William and Kate, as she is commonly called, share three young children. 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