Prince William has opened up about having the ‘hardest year in my life’ following his wife and father’s cancer diagnoses.
In a remarkably candid – and at times emotional – interview at the end of his official visit to South Africa he admitted the past few months had been ‘brutal’.
But the prince also said how hugely ‘proud’ he was of Catherine and the King for handling their health battles with such dignity and bravery.
He added that the Princess of Wales was now ‘doing well’.
Speaking in Cape Town yesterday, the future king covered everything from his much-discussed beard – which apparently had his daughter, Princess Charlotte, in floods of tears when she first saw it – to his passion for ‘meaningful’ royal work such as his landmark Earthshot Prize environmental awards.
According to Prince William (pictured with wife Catherine) he has experience the hardest year of his life
The Prince said his year has been ‘dreadful’ adding: ‘It’s probably been…