William at his lowest after Kate's diagnosis, says ex-aide

A erstwhile adjutant to the Prince of Wales has said the royal was astatine his "lowest" aft the Princess of Wales was diagnosed with cancer.

In an interrogation with 60 Minutes Australia, Jason Knauf, formerly the main enforcement of William and Kate's Royal Foundation, said: "It was awful, perfectly awful. It's the lowest I've ever seen him.

"Within a mates of weeks, if you're Prince William, you find retired that some your woman and your begetter person cancer. I couldn't judge it."

Both the King and the Princess of Wales were treated for crab past year. Kate is present successful remission and Charles is having ongoing treatment.

Mr Knauf, 43, stepped down from his presumption astatine the extremity of 2021.

Catherine's diagnosis was made nationalist successful March past year, and Mr Knauf said: "the occupation was that each this brainsick conspiracy mentation worldly kicked disconnected successful the background, online. 'Was she truly ill?'.

"But they didn't privation to accidental yet that she had crab due to the fact that they hadn't told the children and they were inactive moving done however to archer the children."

Speaking to reporters past twelvemonth astatine the extremity of his sojourn to South Africa, Prince William, 42, talked astir however helium has coped aft some his woman and his begetter were diagnosed with cancer, describing the past twelvemonth arsenic the "hardest year" of his life.

"It's been dreadful. It's astir apt been the hardest twelvemonth successful my life. So, trying to get done everything other and support everything connected way has been truly difficult," helium said aft being asked however his twelvemonth has been aft a hard twelvemonth for the Royal Family."

Mr Knauf besides antecedently worked for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

In October 2018, portion moving for the mates arsenic their communications secretary, Mr Knauf made a bullying ailment against Meghan.

He wrote of his concerns to William's past backstage caput successful an email, successful an evident effort to unit Buckingham Palace to support staff.

The duchess's ineligible squad strenuously denied the allegation.

Discussing William's narration with Harry, Mr Knauf said: "It's precise hard to person this worldly play retired successful the nationalist eye, but he's chosen to support his thoughts connected it private, and I deliberation each of america who cognize him truly person to respect that we should bash the same.

"But I volition say, of course, it's been hard and sad, particularly for each of america who cognize some of them.

"I worked truly intimately with the 2 of them and we had tons of large times."

Mr Knauf has antecedently expressed regret successful not giving grounds successful the Duchess of Sussex's High Court lawsuit against the steadfast of the Mail connected Sunday, the Court of Appeal.

Meghan won her privateness lawsuit against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) successful 2021, erstwhile the High Court recovered its work of her missive to her begetter - sent successful August 2018 - was unlawful.

Mr Knauf was made a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (RVO) successful the 2023 New Year Honours List.

Before joining the royal household the American-born erstwhile firm affairs enforcement worked for a scope of institutions, from the bureau of the New Zealand premier curate to HM Treasury and the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Mr Knauf led a reappraisal of the Royal Foundation's relation and operation from March 2019, earlier becoming its main enforcement successful September of that year.

He oversaw the motorboat of the Foundation's Earthshot Prize - William's £50 cardinal biology prize, present an autarkic charity, which recognises solutions, ideas and technologies that "repair the planet".