Invasions of privateness are nothing new to the royal household, and Prince William is seeing troubling similarities between his spouse, Kate Middleton, and his mom, Princess Diana. There’s a frenzy in regards to the present Princess of Wales, as she was admitted to hospital for “deliberate stomach surgical procedure” in January 2024 and hasn’t been seen publicly since Christmas the 12 months prior.

Attributable to the imprecise nature of her withdrawal—stomach surgical procedure may imply many issues—royal watchers are determined to breach the royal’s proper to medical privateness. As a result of the general public has been starved of particulars and solutions, conspiracy theories have exploded.

“Having seen his mom undergo various that, the hounding of his mom, I believe he feels he’s seeing components of that being breached once more by way of the calls for and screeches at his spouse over her medical privateness, and that’s hurting him,” Sunday Occasions royal editor Roya Nikkhah informed Good Morning Britain on March 18, 2024.

Host Susanna Reid requested whether or not the Prince of Wales is “delicate” over the similarities between his spouse and mom, to which Nikkah mentioned: “He at all times has been, ever since he has been a baby and since he has been with Catherine since college.”

The previous Princess of Wales died at age 36, with many blaming the paparazzi and the British media for his or her half in how she died. She was killed in a automotive accident after a vicious pursuit by photographers. In an interview on CBS’ Oprah With Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime Particular in March 2021, Harry opened up about how he feared that Diana’s demise would “repeat” itself with him or his spouse,  Meghan Markle, which is the rationale he moved his household from London to America in 2019.

“My greatest concern was historical past repeating itself,” Harry informed Oprah referencing Princess Diana’s demise. “For me, I’m simply actually relieved and comfortable to be sitting right here, speaking to you with my spouse by my aspect. As a result of I can’t start to think about what it should have been like for her [Diana] going by way of this course of by herself all these years in the past. As a result of it has been unbelievably robust for the 2 of us, however not less than we’ve one another.”

Kensington Palace introduced that Middleton had a “deliberate stomach surgical procedure” at The London Clinic on January 16, 2024. “The surgical procedure was profitable, and it’s anticipated that she’s going to stay in hospital for ten to 14 days, earlier than returning house to proceed her restoration,” the assertion mentioned. “Based mostly on the present medical recommendation, she is unlikely to return to public duties till after Easter.”

“The Princess of Wales appreciates the curiosity this assertion will generate. She hopes that the general public will perceive her need to take care of as a lot normality for her youngsters as attainable; and her want that her private medical data stays non-public,” the assertion continued. “Kensington Palace will, due to this fact, solely present updates on Her Royal Highness’ progress when there’s important new data to share.”