Prince William says 2024 was 'hardest year in my life' after Kate Middleton, King Charles' cancer diagnoses

Prince William opened up astir facing the "hardest twelvemonth successful my life" aft woman Kate Middleton and his father, King Charles, were diagnosed with crab successful 2024.

The 42-year-old Prince of Wales got candid astir his "brutal" twelvemonth during an interrogation with reporters successful Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday.

"It's been dreadful. It's astir apt been the hardest twelvemonth successful my life," William said, according to People magazine.

Prince William shared that 2024 has "probably been the hardest twelvemonth successful my life" aft Kate Middleton and King Charles were diagnosed with cancer. (Getty)

"So, trying to get done everything other and support everything connected way has been truly difficult," helium added.

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"But I'm truthful arrogant of my wife, I'm arrogant of my father, for handling the things that they person done," William said. "But, from a idiosyncratic household constituent of view, it's been, yeah, it's been brutal."

In February, Buckingham Palace announced Charles, 75, had been diagnosed with a signifier of crab and was undergoing treatment.

"It's been dreadful. It's astir apt been the hardest twelvemonth successful my life."

In March, Middleton disclosed her ain crab diagnosis and shared that she was undergoing preventative chemotherapy. In a video shared successful September, the 42-year-old princess revealed that she was cancer-free aft completing her treatment.

During his interview, William shared an update connected Middleton's health, telling reporters she was "doing well."

William said his wife, who announced she was cancer-free successful September, was "doing well." (Getty Images)

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Upon being told helium appeared "relaxed," William responded, "I couldn’t beryllium little relaxed this year, truthful it’s precise absorbing you’re each seeing that.

"But it’s much a lawsuit of conscionable ace on, and you’ve got to support going.

"I bask my work, and I bask pacing myself and keeping definite that I person got clip for my family, too," added William, who shares sons Prince George, 11, and Prince Louis, 6, and girl Prince Charlotte, 9, with Middleton.

William's interrogation came astatine the extremity of his travel to Cape Town, wherever helium attended the 4th yearly Earthshot Prize Awards. In 2020, the prince established the Earthshot Prize to assistance entrepreneurs make climate-friendly businesses. During the ceremonial Wednesday, the Earthshot Prize awarded $1.2 cardinal successful grants to 5 businesses for their sustainable, eco-friendly innovations.

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While speaking connected signifier during the ceremony, William noted that the Earthshot Prize was created "to champion the dreamers, the thinkers and the innovators from each locomotion of beingness who stock an ambition to physique a better, much sustainable world."

The prince traveled to Cape Town to be the 2024 Earthshot Prize awards ceremony. (Phil Noble/Pool/Getty Images)

According to People, William told reporters helium hoped his children had watched the Earthshot Prize Awards, which were livestreamed connected YouTube. 

William besides shared Charlotte's absorption to the scruffy beard helium grew implicit the summer. While William is known to spell clean-shaven, helium sported a beard for the archetypal clip successful 8 years erstwhile helium and Middleton congratulated Team Great Britain for its occurrence astatine the 2024 Paris Olympics.

"Charlotte didn’t similar it the archetypal time," the prince said. "I got floods of tears, the archetypal 1 I got tears. So, I person to shave it off. And past I grew it back. I thought, ‘Hang connected a second,’ and I convinced her it was going to beryllium OK."

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.