LONDON: Catherine, Princess of Wales, won plaudits on Saturday for a highly personal video announcing her shock cancer diagnosis, which came just weeks after King Charles III revealed he, too, was battling the disease.

The candid disclosure, released on Friday evening, leaves the British monarchy in an unprecedented crisis in modern times, with two of its most senior members simultaneously fighting serious illnesses.

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