A brand new biography of the Prince and Princess of Wales by Mirror royal editor Russell Myers reveals how William told friends “everything changed” with Kate’s cancer diagnosis<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n19:00, 14 Feb 2026<\/span>Updated 20:29, 14 Feb 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\n
\n\n\nPrince William\u2019s private battle to protect his family in Kate’s darkest days<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nPrince William was left in \u201ca state of disbelief\u201d<\/a> before he and the Princess of Wales <\/a>gathered their three children together to tell them that \u201cmummy was ill, but that she was going to be okay\u201d after she was diagnosed with cancer.<\/p>\nThe future king and queen composed themselves to deliver the shocking news to Prince George<\/a>, then 10, Princess Charlotte, nine and Prince Louis<\/a>, who was just five at the time.<\/p>\nWilliam told friends it was \u201clike being hit by a bus\u201d, \u201csudden, brutal, and completely disorienting\u201d, adding: \u201cOne moment life was normal, and the next, everything changed.\u201d<\/p>\n
The deeply personal experience felt by the Prince of Wales after his wife Kate and his father, King Charles,<\/a> were diagnosed with the disease within days of each other in early 2024, is told for the first time in a new revelatory biography by The Mirror<\/a>\u2019s royal editor Russell Myers.<\/p>\nWilliam and Catherine: The Intimate Inside Story<\/em> delivers never-before-told insight into the Prince and Princess of Wales<\/a>\u2019s life together, from their first meeting as students at St Andrews university in Scotland<\/a> to the current day.<\/p>\nIn the second day of our four part exclusive serialisation of the bombshell book, the heir to the throne’s deepest thoughts on his wife\u2019s condition and his worry over the future of the monarchy are revealed for the first time.<\/p>\n
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19:00, 14 Feb 2026<\/span>Updated 20:29, 14 Feb 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/span><\/div>\n Prince William was left in \u201ca state of disbelief\u201d<\/a> before he and the Princess of Wales <\/a>gathered their three children together to tell them that \u201cmummy was ill, but that she was going to be okay\u201d after she was diagnosed with cancer.<\/p>\n The future king and queen composed themselves to deliver the shocking news to Prince George<\/a>, then 10, Princess Charlotte, nine and Prince Louis<\/a>, who was just five at the time.<\/p>\n William told friends it was \u201clike being hit by a bus\u201d, \u201csudden, brutal, and completely disorienting\u201d, adding: \u201cOne moment life was normal, and the next, everything changed.\u201d<\/p>\n The deeply personal experience felt by the Prince of Wales after his wife Kate and his father, King Charles,<\/a> were diagnosed with the disease within days of each other in early 2024, is told for the first time in a new revelatory biography by The Mirror<\/a>\u2019s royal editor Russell Myers.<\/p>\n William and Catherine: The Intimate Inside Story<\/em> delivers never-before-told insight into the Prince and Princess of Wales<\/a>\u2019s life together, from their first meeting as students at St Andrews university in Scotland<\/a> to the current day.<\/p>\n In the second day of our four part exclusive serialisation of the bombshell book, the heir to the throne’s deepest thoughts on his wife\u2019s condition and his worry over the future of the monarchy are revealed for the first time.<\/p>\n READ MORE: William wanted Andrew BANISHED and rowed with Charles over ‘stain on Royal Family’<\/a><\/span><\/span>READ MORE: Charles ‘put William in his place’ in tense showdown over BANISHING Andrew<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n