Jason Knauf, who worked as an aide for the Prince and Princess of Wales until 2021, reflected on a conversation with Prince William following both King Charles and Kate Middleton's cancer diagnosis in an appearance on 60 Minutes Australia on Sunday,

Princess Kate Middleton was observed commenting on Prince William's uniform during his passing out parade at Sandhurst in December 2006. She attended the event with her parents, marking her first official public appearance at a Royal Family event.

Prince William was the “lowest I have ever seen him” after the Princess of Wales was diagnosed with cancer, one of his closest former aides has said. Jason Knauf, a former chief executive of the Prince and Princess of Wales’ Royal Foundation, said the phone call in which he learned of the Princess’s illness was “awful, absolutely awful”.

In an October 2024 interview with the Daily Mail, body language expert Judi James suggested that Prince William's decision to grow a beard was related to his wife's improving heal

"He has lost his mother, he’s effectively lost his brother, his wife’s got cancer, his father’s got cancer, and he’s trying to keep the show on the road," royal expert Robert Hardman wrote at the time in his book, Charles III: New King. New Court. "It could hardly be more stressful."

A former aide to the Prince of Wales has said the royal was at his "lowest" after the Princess of Wales was diagnosed with cancer. In an interview with 60 Minutes Australia, Jason Knauf, formerly the chief executive of William and Kate's Royal Foundation, said: "It was awful, absolutely awful. It's the lowest I've ever seen him.

Former royal aide Jason Knauf has revealed Prince William was the one to tell him about Kate Middleton's cancer diagnosis and said the Prince of Wales was at his 'lowest'

Jason Knauf—a former royal aide to Prince William and Kate Middleton—is opening up about his work with the Royal Family in a new interview. As well as sharing his thoughts on what Prince William will be like when he becomes king,