Prince William shares 'difficulties' of talking to his children about Kate Middleton's cancer battle
The Princess of Wales is now in remissionPrince William has revealed that he communicated with his children, George, Charlotte and Louis, a lot amid Kate Middleton’s cancer diagnosis, and shared the touching reason why.
Last year, the Princess of Wales announced that she was undergoing preventative chemotherapy to treat an undisclosed form of cancer.
Earlier this year, she updated fans with the wonderful news that she is now in remission.
Prince William on dealing with Kate’s cancer diagnosis
The Prince of Wales opened up on his parenting decision in an interview in Brazil.
The royal has just returned from the South American country, which hosted his Earthshot Prize Awards for the first time last week (November 5).
Speaking to Brazilian TV host Luciano Huck, Prince William was quizzed on how the last two difficult years have impacted his family and how they have helped their three young children, George, 12, Charlotte, 10, and Louis, seven, to deal with things.
Both William’s father, King Charles, and his wife, Princess Kate, were diagnosed with cancer. The king continues his cancer treatment, while Kate is now in remission.
Sometimes, you feel you’re oversharing.
“I think every family has its own difficulties and its own challenges,” the prince began. “I think it’s very individual and moment dependent. It’s how you deal with those problems.”
“We choose to communicate a lot more with our children,” he explained. “Now that has its good things and its bad things. Sometimes, you feel you’re oversharing with the children and you probably shouldn’t. But most of the time, hiding stuff from them doesn’t work. And so, explaining how they feel, why that’s happening, giving them other viewpoints as to why they’re feeling like they are. It’s a balancing act. There’s no manual to being a parent.”
Prince William shares insight into family life
The prince went on to give a cute insight into how he is as as dad.
“I’m the taxi driver, Luciano,” he joked. “Playdates, taxi driver, sports days, matches, play in the garden when I can.”
“And you take them to school?” The TV host asked.
“Oh yeah, school run most days,” he replied. “I mean, Catherine and I share it. She probably does the bulk of it but I do a lot of the week.”
William then shared one rule himself and Kate are particularly strict on, which is beginning to cause “tension” with Prince George.
“Our children don’t have phones,” he revealed, adding: “I think when George moves on to secondary school then maybe he might have a phone that has no internet access. He’s 12 and, to be honest, it’s getting to the point where it’s becoming a potential issue. But I think he understands why. We communicate why we don’t think it’s right. I think it’s the internet access I have a problem with. I think children can access too much stuff they don’t need to see online.”
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