Royal news - live: William laments ‘brutal’ 2024 calling it hardest year of his life after King and Kate’s cancer battles
The King and Prince William’s future deaths given new codenames
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Your support makes all the difference.Prince William has spoken candidly about the most difficult year of his life after his father and wife both went through their battles with cancer.
Asked by reporters how his year has been ahead of the Earthshot prize in Cape Town, the Prince of Wales replied: “Honestly?
“It’s been dreadful. It’s probably been the hardest year in my life.”
William who took time off Royal duties as his wife went through preventative chemotherapy, added: “So, trying to get through everything else and keep everything on track has been really difficult.
“But I’m so proud of my wife, I’m proud of my father, for handling the things that they have done. But from a personal family point of view, it’s been, yeah, it’s been brutal.”
According to the royal commentator Robert Hardman the King’s valedictory arrangements have been upgraded to Operation London Bridge, similar to those of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
The Prince of Wales’s funeral plans, previously called ‘Operation Clare Bridge’, have also been granted a new codename: ‘Operation Menai Bridge’, a reference to a structure linking Anglesey to North Wales.
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