Prince William reveals selfless gesture for wife Catherine
The future king has revealed the sacrifice he made for his wife Catherine as she underwent chemotherapy.
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Prince William has revealed the touching reason he missed the Paris Olympic Games as he met with England’s swimming team.
The Prince of Wales, 42, said he did not want to bring Covid home to his wife Catherine, who was battling cancer.
Olympian Tom Dean asked: “Did you manage to get out there [to Paris]?”
The royal answered: “No, I was so keen to come but I have to say after reading someone’s interview about Covid (looking at Olympian Adam Peaty – who tested positive during the games) I decided, because my wife was obviously having chemo, that I didn’t want to risk bringing Covid home, so Adam very kindly reminded me that that was still a thing! But we watched the whole thing. We were glued to it every day.”
William also revealed that swimming was a family passion.
“Catherine and I both adore swimming. George loves scuba diving,” the prince aid.
“He was 10 years old, we took him under, thinking he’d freak out, but he absolutely loved it. It’s just introduced him to the world of water.”
A day earlier, Catherine shared an emotional hug with a teenage cancer sufferer at Windsor Castle.
In a moving meeting, the Prince and Princess of Wales met with 16-year-old budding photographer, Liz Hatton, who is battling a rare and aggressive cancer with doctors giving her between six months to three years to live.
The royal couple also met with Liz’s parents at the late Queen’s beloved residence on the same day Prince William held an investiture ceremony, which the teen was invited to photograph as part of her “bucket list”.
“A pleasure to meet with Liz at Windsor today. A talented young photographer whose creativity and strength has inspired us both,” the Prince and Princess of Wales wrote on social media.
“Thank you for sharing your photos and story with us,” they wrote, adding a love heart emoji, sharing Liz’s photos across their social media accounts.
The couple signed the post “W&C,” using the initials of their first names to signal that the message came directly from them and not their communications team.
Prince William reportedly became aware of the teen through the London Air Ambulance Charity, where he serves as patron.
In May, Liz’s mother Vicky Hatton shared her daughter’s “photography bucket list” to X in a post that has since received thousands of likes and shares.
The 16-year-old’s interest in photography also connects her to Princess Catherine in a meaningful way as the princess is well known for her photography, describing herself as an “enthusiastic amateur photographer”.
She serves as patron of The Royal Photographic Society and often hops behind the camera to take pictures of her children Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6, for their birthdays or other major family moments.
The Windsor Castle meeting marked another step in Princess Catherine’s return to public life after spending much of this year out of the spotlight as she faced her own cancer journey.
After undergoing abdominal surgery in January, the princess later revealed she had been diagnosed with an unnamed cancer and that she was undergoing chemotherapy. She announced in September that she had completed treatment.
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