EXCLUSIVE: The late Queen could never have imagined what lay in store for her son Charles following his cancer diagnosis – as an expert explains why she'd have been dismayed
There’s no doubt that 2024 has turned out to be a difficult and emotional year for the royals, and the shock cancer diagnosis received by both King Charles and the Princess of Wales would have been deeply distressing for the late Queen Elizabeth.
“The Queen would have been dismayed because her son had really hit the ground running as King. He was enjoying lots of public walkabouts and handshakes, and everything was going well. Then the diagnosis came as a bolt from the blue and completely derailed everything,” says Duncan. The day before her long-awaited return, Kensington Palace had released a new portrait of Kate, alongside a statement in which she said she had been “blown away” by the depth of public support. She stressed that while she is still receiving treatment, she has been focusing on getting back to some kind of normality through activities that bring her “positivity” – including gentle work duties at home.
Other family members who turned out for the King’s Birthday Parade included Queen Camilla, in a pale green silk crepe dress and coat by designer Anna Valentine, as well as the Duchess of Edinburgh in a pale yellow number, with her daughter Lady Louise Windsor at her side. As a highly sociable and hard-working member of the family, she has no doubt been immensely frustrated by her physical limitations, and royal author Duncan says the late Queen would have had huge compassion for the Princess’s predicament.
Duncan believes the Queen would have admired Kate’s composed display of resilience, adding, “I think she would have been tremendously proud of how she’s dealt with it, especially with such a brave video. We all worry about our kids and how they’re growing up, but when one of your jobs as a mother is to bring up a future king, the stakes couldn’t be higher.”
“Even now, we don’t officially know what the ultimate cause of her death was, or what it was about her health that finally gave way. This new generation of royals are far more open.”
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