Britain's Prince and Princess of Wales celebrate their 13th wedding anniversary on Monday.
Kate, who is undergoing chemotherapy for an undisclosed cancer, married William in 2011 after eight years of dating.
The pair are facing their most difficult challenge so far amid the princess’s diagnosis, with Kate appealing for time, space and privacy as she continues her treatment.
She praised her husband for his support during “an incredibly tough couple of months for our entire family” in an emotional message to the nation last month announcing her health news.
“Having William by my side is a great source of comfort and reassurance,” she said.
Kate (42) told how her diagnosis had come as a huge shock and that she and William “have been doing everything we can to process and manage this privately for the sake of our young family”.
The prince returned to work following the Easter holidays when the Waleses spent quality time with their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
Louis celebrated his sixth birthday on Tuesday and Charlotte turns nine on May 2nd.
William and Kate released an unedited new photo of Louis straight to social media to mark the youngster’s big day to thank well-wishers and avoid the uproar over the princess’s digitally altered Mother’s Day photo.
Life partners for more than 20 years, William and Kate met at the University of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland, and became friends first before embarking on a romance.
William said in their engagement interview: “Obviously we both have a very fun time together, both have a very good sense of humour about things.”
Kate called him a “loving boyfriend” who was “very supportive of me through the good times and also through the bad times”.
They wed in a grand ceremony in London's Westminster Abbey on April 29th, 2011, with the aisle of the gothic church lined with trees.
William and Kate welcomed their first child, George, in 2013, followed by Charlotte in 2015 and Louis in 2018.
They have shared ups and downs, from the arrival of their children and the celebration of jubilees to the late Queen Elizabeth’s death and more recently King Charles’s cancer diagnosis, and kept their counsel amid accusations levelled at them in the wake of Harry and Meghan’s split from the British royal family.
