'The View' hosts fell down the Kate Middleton 'rabbit hole' too. Now they feel awful

The women of "The View" started their Monday with a public mea culpa for indulging in the frenzied speculation about Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales, ahead of her sobering cancer disclosure.

Panelists Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro and Sunny Hostin went around the talk show's Hot Topics table sheepishly sharing their apologies. Several specifically said that they regretted not listening to moderator Whoopi Goldberg last week when she discouraged them from playfully dissecting Kate Middleton sightings and conspiracy theories that were swirling around the "disappearing princess," especially in the wake of Kensington Palace's photo-editing fumble. (Co-host Joy Behar did not appear on Monday's panel.)

Goldberg had insisted previously that they refrain from theorizing, saying that the British royal family deserved privacy. The women's apologies came in to treat cancer that was found after she had The revelation quelled relating to the senior royal and drew well wishes from around the globe, as well as countless regrets from those who had misread the situation.