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Dame Deborah James's parents praise Kate Middleton's 'bravery' in opening up about her cancer battle and say their late daughter would be 'so proud'


Heather, 66, and Alistair James, 68, whose daughter journalist Deborah died in from bowel cancer in 2022 , sent their love to the Princess of Wales.

Kate, 42, revealed in a video issued on Friday evening that she was diagnosed with cancer last month, having spent a fortnight in the private London Clinic following 'major' abdominal surgery in January Kate released a video message recorded last Wednesday at Windsor, saying: 'In January, I underwent major abdominal surgery in London and at the time, it was thought that my condition was non-cancerous. William and Kate are pictured here arriving at St David's Cathedral in Haverfordwest in Wales last September 8 for a service commemorating the life of the late Queen Elizabeth II

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