Royal Well Wishes

The phone at Maison Mineards Montecito was red hot after Kate, the Princess of Wales, posted her candid video revealing she was being treated for cancer after visiting the London Clinic for major gastro-intestinal surgery.

It finally put to rest the scurrilous rumors circulating fueling endless speculation about her long absence from royal duties which Buckingham Palace should have clearly been a great deal more candid and upfront about.

With King Charles also revealing he is being treated for cancer and Fergie, the Duchess of York, suffering from breast cancer and then skin cancer, it has clearly not been a good time for the Royal Family with Queen Camilla and the Prince of Wales stepping more into the breach, along with Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, and the monarch’s sister, Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, already considered one of the hardest working members of the clan.

But, hopefully, whatever the cancers, they have been caught early and can be dealt with.

Among my appearances were the Martha MacCallum Show on the Fox News Channel and our local ABC affiliate KEYT-TV, when I was interviewed in my front garden for the evening news shows.

Kate, who I last met in 2011 when she visited the Santa Barbara Polo Club soon after her marriage to William, is an extraordinarily popular figure in the U.K., particularly with children George, Charlotte and Louis.

The event, which I covered for NBC, showed her to be beautiful, charming and poised in her new role as she presented the Tiffany Trophy to her husband, who scored five goals in the round robin match.

I join, with the rest of the world, in wishing King Charles and Kate all the best in their upcoming medical treatments.