Princess Kate sent a “really lovely” message to a Radio 1 DJ after her health update.
Adele Roberts has told how the Princess of Wales sent her a message after she had the all-clear from cancer.
The Radio 1 presenter, 45, who ran the London Marathon for mental health charity Heads Together in 2017 and 2018, first met Kate during a 2017 interview about the race.
She said Kate and her husband Prince William were “amazing” after she was diagnosed with stage 2 bowel cancer in October 2021.
Princess Kate sent ‘really lovely’ message to Radio 1 DJ after health updatePAThe royals later reached out again after learning that Roberts was in remission, with a heartfelt letter praising her for opening up.
Roberts has said she hopes she helped Kate after the princess was diagnosed with the disease earlier this year and completed a course of chemotherapy.
She told The Mirror: “It’s strange that when I first met William and Catherine, none of us knew what would lay ahead for us.
“So I ran the marathon in 2017 and 2018 for their mental health charity, and we didn’t know what was in the future.
Adele Roberts, Prince William and Kate meeting each other in 2017
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“But how strange that we’re all connected now in that sense.
“They were amazing when I first got diagnosed, and when I got declared cancer-free, they wrote to me, saying: ‘Thank you for sharing your story, because it’s going to help so many other people and inspire them.’ They were just really lovely.
“Catherine going through what she has been through just shows they mean what they say because she is sharing her story and she doesn’t need to.
“And you never know, maybe in a way, them being a little bit aware of what I’ve been through helped Catherine. I don’t know.
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Adele Roberts (right) meeting community ‘Game Changer’ Dame Laura Lee, CEO of Maggie’s Cancer Care charity, during a visit to the charity’s West London centre
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“I hope it did. I really do. I haven’t been in touch because I know when you go in through it, it’s hard.
“She will probably have felt overwhelmed with just life – let alone people getting in touch.
“But it’s great to see how she’s responded and shared her story.”
Roberts added that she considers herself a cancer thriver, not a survivor.