Prince William has shared the sweet reason he won’t be attending the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris — and it’s all to do with his wife Kate Middleton’s health.
Although William, 42, was rumored to be planning a trip to the Games in support of Great Britain’s Olympic athletes (known as Team GB), he decided to skip the trip because he feared Was that he would contract COVID and bring it home to Kate, who was going through it. Chemotherapy while battling cancer.
Speaking with Team GB Olympians Tom Dean and Adam Peaty during a visit to a community pool in the English town of Birtley on Thursday, the Prince of Wales responded to a question from Dean about whether he had taken part in any Olympic events.
Pointing to PT, who tested positive for COVID at the Summer Games, William replied“No, I was very eager to come, but I must say that after reading someone’s interview about COVID I decided, because my wife apparently had chemo, so I would come because of COVID. Didn’t want to risk bringing it home.”
The prince continued, “So Adam very kindly reminded me that that was still a thing!”
“But we saw the whole thing. We stuck to it every day.”
The father of three also shared that he and Princess Catherine “love swimming” and that his eldest child, Prince George, has taken an interest in scuba diving.
“George likes scuba diving,” William said. “He was ten years old, we took him under our wing, thinking he would go crazy, but he loved it. It introduced him to the world of water.”
William’s comments match what a palace source shared with The Post before the Olympics. When asked if the prince and princess would attend the games, the source suggested that no decision had been made yet.
Although Will and Kate couldn’t attend the Paris Olympics, they Praised Britain’s Olympians At the end of the game, an Instagram reel called for the help of Snoop Dogg and David Beckham, among others, to congratulate Team GB.
“On behalf of all of us watching at home, congratulations to Team GB,” Middleton, 42, said in the video.
“Well done for everything you have achieved. William said, you have been an inspiration to all of us.
Prince William’s visit to the community pool in Birtley – to highlight he and his wife’s charitable work to increase public access to swimming facilities – came just a day after he shared a heartbreaking moment with Kate. A young woman battling cancer In one of his first public appearances after completing his chemotherapy.
The Princess of Wales announced this He is “cancer free” On September 9, he said in a video posted to his and William’s social media accounts, “I can’t tell you how much of a relief it is to finally complete my chemotherapy treatments.”
She added, “Doing what I can to stay cancer free is my focus now.” “Although I have completed chemotherapy, my road to recovery and full recovery is long and I must continue to take each day as it comes.”
in March, Kate shares her cancer diagnosis Along with the world, months of speculation ended as to why she had not been seen in public since having “planned” abdominal surgery in January.
Middleton’s first official day back to work Arrived on 17 September as a senior working member of the royal family.
