Prince William has shared the sweet reason he didn’t attend the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris – and it’s all to do with his wife Kate Middleton’s health. Though William, 42, was rumored to be planning a trip to the games in support of Great Britain’s Olympic athletes (known as Team GB), he decided to forgo the journey because he feared contracting COVID and bringing it home to Kate, who was undergoing chemotherapy as she battled cancer. While speaking with Team GB Olympians Tom Dean and Adam Peaty during a visit to a community pool in the English town of Birtley on Thursday, the Prince of Wales responded to a question from Dean about whether he attended any Olympic events.
Pointing to Peaty, who tested positive for COVID at the Summer Games, William replied , “No I was so keen to come but I have to say after reading someone’s interview about COVID I decided, because my wife was obviously having chemo, that I didn’t want to risk bringing COVID home.” The prince added, “So Adam very kindly reminded me that that was still a thing!” “But we watched the whole thing. We were glued to it every day.
” The father of three also shared that he and Princess Catherine “adore swimming,” and their eldest child, Prince George, has taken an interest in scuba diving. “George loves scuba diving,” William said. “He was ten years old, we took him under, thinking he’d freak out, but he absolutely loved it.
It’s just introduced him to the world of water.” Wi.
