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Prince William reveals ‘difficult questions’ kids had over Kate’s cancer fight

Prince William appeared in a brand new interview on Brazilian TV where he opened up about parenting - and how, as a family, they deal with challenges thrown at them

Prince William speaks about his children in Brazilian TV interview

Prince William has revealed how he and wife Kate talked to their children after her cancer diagnosis and their difficult questions. During his trip to Brazil, William opened up in yet another candid interview with TV host Luciano Huck, where he spoke about his Earthshot Prize Awards, which were held in Rio de Janeiro last week.

The TV host also quizzed him on parenting, alluding to the ‘brutal’ year William and his family had endured last year, when Kate was diagnosed with cancer. Kate revealed her diagnosis in March 2024 before embarking on a course of preventative chemotherapy, which was completed last summer. At the beginning of this year, she told how she was now in remission.

Prince William in a new interview on Brazilian TV

And in the interview, William shared how every family has its own “difficulties and challenges” - and he added that he and Kate had decided to talk about them with Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10 and seven-year-old Prince Louis in an honest way.

He revealed: “I think it is very individual and moment-dependent as to how you deal with those problems. We chose to communicate a lot more with our children. That has its good things and its bad things; maybe we share things with the children that we 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 might be feeling like they are.

“Sometimes it helps give them a bigger picture so they can relax more into it rather than them thinking what are you hiding, what do I not know, why is that happening.

William chatted to TV host Luciano Huck

“There is a lot more questions if there are no answers. But it is always a balancing act as any parent will say. It’s always ‘how much do I say?’ and ‘when do I say?’

“There’s no manual for being a parent, you’ve just got to go with it - and use a bit of instinct.”