Prince William calls the most difficult year of his life: “We say that life would test us”
Prince William called 2024 “the most difficult year” of his life in an overview of a rare television interview.
The year saw William’s wife, Katherine, princess of Wales, and her father, King Charles, diagnosed and treated for cancer. William and Kate, as he is commonly called, shares three young children. The prince and his younger brother, Prince Harry, too remain distant.
“I would say that 2024 was the most difficult year I have ever had,” said William saying to the star of “Schitt’s Creek” Eugene Levy in an overview for an episode of the Apple TV + program of Levy “The reluctant traveler. “”
The full episode will be broadcast on October 3. A clip of the overview has shown that William giving Levy a tour of the castle of Windsor. Another showed the two men seated in an ad, sharing a pint.
“We say that life would also test us, and be able to overcome, it is what makes us who are us,” said William in the overview.
Charles, 76 years old, announced his diagnosis of cancer in February 2024. He was discovered while he suffered Treatment for an extended prostate. Buckingham’s palace did not say what type of cancer he had, but said it was not prostate. The king resumed public appearances in May 2024.
“Each diagnosis, each new case, will be an intimidating and sometimes frightening experience for these individuals and their loved ones,” wrote Charles in a booklet given to the guests of the Buckingham Palace event Celebrate cancer charitable organizations In April 2025. “But as one of these statistics myself, I can guarantee the fact that this can also be an experience that highlights the best of humanity.”
Kate announces that she had cancer came only six weeks after the king. Kate, 43, did not say what type of cancer she had either, but said she had undergone chemotherapy to treat her. The announcement followed Speculation weeks About the well-being of Kate. In September 2024, the princess said she had finished chemotherapy and done A return to public tasks. In January, she said She was in remission.
When visiting a cancer support center in July 2025, Kate Compared the recovery of cancer to “a roller coaster”.
“You are going through difficult times,” said the princess. The difficulties continue even after treatment, she added.
“You are no longer necessarily under the clinical team, but you are unable to operate normally at home as you may have done in the past,” she said.
