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NBC News host Andrea Mitchell has praised the Princess of Wales for announcing her cancer diagnosis on camera after weeks of painful rumors.
The 77-year-old, who beat breast cancer after she was diagnosed in 2011, appeared on MSNBC Reports on Friday where she reacted to Kate Middleton's shock revelation.
'I just think she deserves a tremendous amount of gratitude,' Mitchell said. 'I was so struck by the grace and poise that she brought to that announcement.'
The Princess of Wales, 42, announced she is undergoing 'preventative' chemotherapy in a deeply personal, unprecedented and emotional video message, filmed at Windsor on Wednesday.
She revealed the news 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'.
NBC News host Andrea Mitchell has praised the Princess of Wales for announcing her cancer diagnosis on camera after weeks of painful rumors
The 77-year-old, who has beat breast cancer, appeared on MSNBC Reports on Friday where she reacted to Kate Middleton 's shock revelation. Pictured: Mitchell announcing her cancer diagnosis on-air in 2011
NBC News' chief foreign affairs correspondent Mitchell praised the royal for sharing her diagnosis on camera despite suffering from weeks of painful rumors.
'Clearly all the controversy and rumor-mongering had to be painful...and here she is, his [Prince William’s] beloved wife going through a cancer diagnosis,' she said.
'She, going through a cancer diagnosis as the mother of three small children, initially thinking she was in the clear.'
She added: 'After a very tough surgery, and I know something about that kind of surgery and how difficult any abdominal surgery is, it's a 6-8 week recuperation generally.
'You can’t even pick up a
