Kate’s health and Charles’s cancer struggle: What royal commentators are saying about the Windsors

With its numerous health struggles, bitter fallouts, high-profile feuds and the never-ending rumour mill capturing the public’s imagination like no other, rarely has scrutiny on the royal family been so high.

King Charles being diagnosed with cancer following a routine prostate procedure was followed by the altogether more alarming news that Kate Middleton was to remain in hospital for 14 days following surgery on her abdomen.

The Princess of Wales has not attended any public engagements since undergoing surgery in January, opening up the floodgates to wild social media theories about her whereabouts.

were given further cause for concern when Kensington Palace released a family picture on Mother’s Day which was later found out to have been doctored, triggering a further