Jeremy Hunt has opened up about the death of his younger brother to cancer after the Princess of Wales' announced she was undergoing cancer treatment for the disease.
The Chancellor said it "cut [him] to the quick" hearing Kate Middleton say how hard it was explaining she had cancer to her kids, as it was "the most difficult thing" for his family too. He said he was "touched" listening to her speak about her diagnosis and that she "connected with everyone" with her words.
Speaking about Kate Middleton's announcement on Friday, Mr Hunt told Sky's Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips programme: "It was incredibly moving and I think I was touched like everyone else was. I think the thing that really cut me to the quick was when she explained the hardest thing of all for people who have had cancer and their family, which is how you tell your kids.
Jeremy Hunt's younger brother died after being diagnosed with cancer"And that's obviously been a huge huge thing for her and the Prince of Wales, and I know in my own family, when my brother had cancer, that was the most difficult thing. I think when she said that, she just connected with everyone, and we all felt that yes, it's the royal family, but in some ways they're like every other family and they're going through the same horrible things that sadly we all have to go through from time to time."
Mr Hunt, who also lost his parents to cancer, also battled the disease. He has previously spoken about being diagnosed with a non life-threatening form of cancer and said he was "blessed" it was caught relatively early. His father died in 2013 aged 82, while his mother died aged 84 in 2022, both to cancer. In 2020, his brother Charlie, 53, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer known as sarcoma. The Chancellor is running his third marathon next month to raise money for cancer research.
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Labour Party chair Anneliese Dodds expressed her sympathy for Kate, adding: "Obviously this is an incredibly difficult time for her, as for anyone with that kind of a health situation, and I want to wish her highness well. I think she's also spoken with that huge amount of hope and optimism and people who are in a similar situation I'm sure will take a lot of comfort from her words saying that we do have to have hope and need to think of each other when people are facing cancer."
The Princess of Wales announced she is being treated for cancer in a video message on Friday evening. The future queen is currently undergoing a course of chemotherapy that started in February, Kensington Palace announced.
Kate, 42, was admitted to hospital on January 16 for "major abdominal surgery", which has been confirmed as successful. At the time of her operation it was thought that her condition was non-cancerous, as no tests had confirmed the presence of cancer. However, post-operative tests confirmed that cancer had been present.
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