King Charles - who himself was recently diagnosed with cancer - said he was "so proud of Catherine for her courage in speaking as she did", a sentiment echoed by cancer charities who say many families similarly affected will find comfort in her words. Kate has now asked for time, space and privacy while she completes her treatment.
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00:00 I can only imagine the feeling of being diagnosed with cancer and having kids and having to do that.
00:09 I mean, I don't know about you, but there are definitely times when I just want to hide from the world.
00:15 And when I do that, that's absolutely fine.
00:18 But when the Royals do that, then it's almost as though people feel that they're entitled to know every single thing about them.
00:29 In the wake of much speculation about Kate's health in the lead up to her video message,
00:34 it's led many to question whether the attention was unwarranted.
00:38 Some believe we as the taxpaying public have a right to know about Royal news,
00:42 but others believe Kate and her family should be afforded privacy.
00:46 I believe in authenticity, but authenticity doesn't mean that they have to share everything.
00:55 But the public now are absolutely demanding to know more than ever before.
01:02 And the Royal family are just being scrutinised.
01:05 People are demanding a level of access that was never the case before.
01:11 Recently, there's been a shift in the way the Royals have approached talking about their health,
01:15 showing perhaps a sign of a new and improved Royal PR approach for the 21st century.
01:20 It looks to me like the Royal PR teams are wanting to make the Royal family a little more accessible.
01:30 But what that's doing is that people are then demanding more, more and more.
01:35 And what's happened up to now is that they've both given too much information and not enough at the same time.
01:44 You know, there was always this motto of never complain, never explain.
01:49 But what they've done is they've given little tidbits.
01:52 And what that does is it creates the human brain to go, well, what are the missing pieces?