 TLO what's poppin? We are on twitch. We are Live we're by the time you see this we won't be so just leave a like comment subscribe turn on your post notification Bells, let's continue to grow the family from Chicago to the UK man Don't forget everything that you need to know is down in the description of this video And this is Catherine Princess of Wales undergoing cancer treatment That's a tough one. Let's get into it though copyright disclaimer under section 107 of the copyright act 1976 Allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism comment news reporting teaching scholarship and research Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing Non-profit educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use No copyright infringement intended all rights belong to their respective owners. I had a cousin that had cancer brain cancer I think it was brain cancer. It might have been colon cancer. No, it's colon cancer she um, I pretty much she was on hospice and We used to go visit her on it like like daily and I just watched her deteriorate from cancer And it was one of the saddest things because I remember when I was younger. She was just full of life being there and when this happened boom, it's just Happen hard and they take it the golden. It moves quick. I don't know what form of cancer she got but you know, I hope for a speedy recovery and F cancer, you know Talk to me though At six the Princess of Wales has just announced that she is undergoing treatment for cancer Here now is a very personal message from her which has just been released in which she explains what has been happening in recent weeks I Wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you personally for all the wonderful messages of support and for your understanding Whilst I've been recovering from surgery It has been an incredibly tough couple of months So she already took the surgery and she's recovering and she's gone through treatments now for our entire family But I've had a fantastic medical team who have taken great care of me for which I'm so grateful In January I underwent major abdominal surgery in London and at the time it was thought that my condition was non-cancerous The surgery was successful However tests after the operation found cancer had been present My medical team therefore advised that I should undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy And I'm now in the early stages of that treatment This of course came as a huge shock and William and I have been doing everything we can to process and manage this privately For the sake of our young family As you can imagine, this has taken time It has taken me time to recover from major surgery in order to start my treatment But most importantly it has taken us time to explain everything to George Charlotte and Louis in a way That's appropriate for them and to reassure them that I'm going to be okay As I've said to them, I am well and getting stronger every day by focusing on the things that will help me heal in my mind body and spirits Having William by my side is a great source of comfort and reassurance too As is the love support and kindness that has been shown by so many of you It means so much to us both We hope that you'll understand that as a family, we now need some time, space and privacy while I complete my treatment My work has always brought me a deep sense of joy and I look forward to being back when I'm able But for now I must focus on making a full recovery At this time, I'm also thinking of all those whose lives have been affected by cancer For everyone facing this disease in whatever form Please do not lose faith or hope You are not alone The Princess of Wales with a very personal message that it's a nice message Well thought out covered all bases of sub what type of cancer it was But I mean in the scheme of it. It's not really important, you know, let us know what's going on She wants a privacy period It was filmed on Wednesday in Windsor Well, our raw correspondent Daniela Ralph is with me now a huge shock to Catherine as she says It's going to be a huge shock to millions of other people as well Yeah, that's right a huge shock as you say to the Princess of Wales and clearly a very deeply upsetting time for her and her Family in recent weeks and what's very clear from hearing from the team around the Prince and Prince? Well, I wouldn't say in recent weeks, right? Not an upsetting time She's been going through it behind closed doors. I'm feeling I'm feeling like she's already went through some type of Whatever emotions that she had she's already went through them. She's already fought that battle She just letting us know now Princess today is that this has been entirely driven by trying to protect the children That has been the focus of the Prince and Princess of Wales in recent weeks It is why this news has come out today Today is when Prince George Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis break up from school for the Easter holidays And it was felt that this was the moment to go public Because they are now able to protect them as parents protect their children from the scrutiny and the spotlight that might have been going on Also her and Her and what did you say? Her and William or William is her current husband. They'll be the next in line when the current man is No longer able to Do the job because he got his own health issues going on too, right? He got he got the same thing, right? Had they still been at school they now have two to three weeks To spend some time privately as a family and the Prince and Princess of Wales had wanted to make sure they tell the children properly Appropriately about this diagnosis and give them time to take that in. That is why it is today that we have found out And the tone of her message I am well she says in that video. I hope to make a full recovery I mean that is that is very much her tone. Isn't it her message? Yeah, we are told that the princess is feeling very positive and is very hopeful of making a full recovery I think anybody is her recently right now. She out there digging holes Who has just watched that video message? So we'll see her Vulnerability in it and see how difficult things have been with her But I also think that it's clearly been a very difficult time in terms of speculation and rumour And that video is Catherine I got respect for everything that's going on but my boy Prince Williams, please when you take your seat at the throne Just cut the sides off. Just cut that off, man Cut that off or go to turkey and get you some implants because you are far too young to be rocking this You can't And it's not solutable. You're going to be a young king and you need to exude that you either go bald or go to turkey In her own words done in her own way And the hope is that she will now be able to perhaps quell some of that more outlandish rumour and speculation About her condition very difficult time as well for the monarchy, isn't it the monarchy being all about stability That's right. It is a very unstable time for the monarchy and the british royal family at the moment We're not that's crazy too. Yeah, just imagine the queen was in the queen was head of you know, she was doing that She was in there for how many years 70 plus And then not a current king He'd been in there. What two years Then caulk, you know, unfortunately then been diagnosed with cancer and we don't know what's going on or the length of however And then boom that's gonna be you know, I don't want to speak into the future like that or speak of Unaliving on anybody, but you know, y'all know what I'm trying to say without saying anything To see the prince princess of wells for some time on any kind of normal schedule of public duty We're also not seeing the king very much either as he is undergoing his own cancer treatment So there are two key significant figures from public life missing and it is very noticeable But the royal family say that both are doing well They want to focus on their recovery having some privacy and that they will be back in business on world duty as soon as possible Daniela. Thank you. And you've been looking back over the last few weeks and the impact that all of this has been having on the royal family Let's see your report now This was the last official footage of the princess of wales with the royal family on christmas day at sandringham With her three children who she is now so keen to protect after going public with news of her diagnosis Back in december all seemed well as she spoke to the crowds Yeah, no caps. You got it to protect the children Thank you so much. That's very sweet of you to come Say hello to us. Yeah, we're very happy christmas But three weeks later she was admitted to hospital for major abdominal surgery It was in her post operative tests that signs of cancer were found The clamor for information about the princess's condition has been intense This footage published earlier this week filmed by a member of the public Showed her shopping in Windsor with her husband last weekend And this photo released on mother's day to ease some of the public speculation did the opposite With the princess issuing a statement to say she had made some edits to the image With the princess issuing a statement to say she had made some edits to the image Why would she even issue that statement? A turning point appears to have been this thanksgiving service in Windsor For king Constantine of Greece at the end of february The rest of the royal family were there But the prince of wales pulled out that morning very suddenly due to a personal matter We now know this was around the time the princess was diagnosed and began her treatment It has been an incredibly turbulent time for the family The couple's priority has been to protect their children and ensure they have time to explain what's wrong To prince george princess charlotte and prince louis They now hope the speculation and rumors will stop as they spend time privately as a family for the easter holiday The princess won't be back to a full program of public duty for some time We may see her occasionally, but only when her medical team Approved The princess of wales wants time space and privacy to deal with her diagnosis and recovery Not for real man. Y'all you know pray keep her in our prayers. This is a beautiful woman beautiful family And you know It seemed like the royal family going through it right now. They mean, you know If y'all rock with them, even if y'all don't man, we don't wish cancer or any type of unaliving upon anybody. So You know, just do just be a great human and do the right things daniella ralph bbc news Well, let's talk to our medical editor fergus walsh now as with king charles We are being given very little information about what it exactly is Many are business from the few details we have what more can you tell us? Well, so if we're not being told what type of cancer This is nor what stage it was caught at now Both of those are crucial factors And i'm not going to speculate on either of those But the tone of the princess of wales statement is very positive in terms of recovery What we have been told is That the cancer was found after she had this successful abdominal surgery And it was discovered once the post-operative tests had been completed and the results had been reviewed Now she is now undergoing a course of what she described as preventative chemotherapy that began So it's like when you when you get sick or you feel yourself getting sick You get to taking robot testing before you even fully sick to try to get it up out of you It's preventive I get it last month Now chemotherapy is an umbrella term for any drug treatment to kill cancer Now it can either be given to mop up any remaining cancer cells that may remain behind once there's been successful surgery to remove the cancer Or to ensure that the cancer doesn't return in the future now it can be given as an infusion But increasingly it can be given in tablets as tablets daily tablets and the treatment for cancer has transformed in recent years much of Daily tablet treatment can be taken at home In terms of The the future Catherine is stressing she is well and getting stronger every day She's 42 years old. She's only just turned 42. How unusual is it for a woman of her age to be treated for cancer? well cancer touches the lives of Every family one in two of us Will get cancer and it is more common the older we get but thousands of people Every year are diagnosed at a younger age a thousand people a day In the uk are given I'm gonna lie to spooky cancer diagnosis now it is Obviously a huge shock a cancer diagnosis for any family But three million people in the uk are living with cancer and I think the message at the end when Catherine urged others affected by cancer not to lose faith or hope I think that is a key message this evening. Absolutely. Fergus Walsh our medical editor. Thank you Well, let's talk to Helena Wilkinson our correspondent who is in Windsor where the family live and the I mean, there's not really much to talk about like The news really be stretches the body is approaching and the Princess of Wales making it very clear that the focus very much Now for her is on her family. She better say something different Yes, it's absolutely right Sophie. Um the news here in Windsor a number of tourists outside the castle Just starting to hear about the news of the Princess of Wales is cancer diagnosis all right, she's not saying anything different than we already heard so Like I said prayers up and tell her leave a like comment subscribe turn it up post man. I'm gone