Social media forces British royal family to adapt


This combination of file pictures created on March 23, 2024 shows (right) Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales and Britain's King Charles III. Catherine, Princess of Wales's announcement on March 22, 2024 that she has cancer and is in the early stages of chemotherapy comes just weeks after King Charles III revealed his own cancer diagnosis. — AFP

LONDON: Britain’s royal family has been forced to radically change the way it communicates because of social media, after speculation ran riot about the health of Catherine, Princess of Wales.

The 42-year-old princess, widely known as Kate, last week announced that she was receiving cancer treatment, two months after having abdominal surgery.

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