She also showed empathy for others fighting cancer, reminding people of something the late Queen Elizabeth might have said, according to the royal expert.
Bedell Smith noted: “When she ended with ‘You are not alone,’ it sounded like something Queen Elizabeth would have said.
“It was very similar to what Queen Elizabeth said during Covid when she said, ‘We are all in this together’.”
“She knew that many people reading or watching know someone who has cancer. She was aware of that. It was a way of comforting people about her condition and giving them courage.
“There was no sign of feeling sorry for herself. She showed honesty. She got the balance right.”
Bedell Smith said she was “sincere, dignified, poised, and forthright” in a video made by BBC Studios on March 20.
