He said: “Yes. I think that we should leave her alone. She’s had a difficult operation, and she deserves privacy. We should just butt out and leave her alone… That’s not really a political response, it’s a human response, as a dad and a human being.”
He added: “People should be allowed to be ill, have an operation, whatever it is, and live their lives in peace without people demanding they prove something every other day.
Blaming the internet for exacerbating the problem, he said: “It’s extremely unhealthy. It’s just old-fashioned village gossip that can now go round the world in seconds and we have to turn away from that. Gossiping in that way is wrong.”
It comes after Downing Street told Express.co.uk yesterday that the future Queen has a right to privacy and urged people to “get behind” the Princess of Wales.
When asked whether people should give her a break, an official spokesman for Rishi Sunak said: “I think we all want to get behind the Princess of Wales, and indeed the Prince of Wales, and we obviously wish her the speediest of recoveries.”
He highlighted that “everyone in public life has a right to privacy”, before issuing a simple response to alleged breaches at the London Clinic following Kate’s treatment back in January.
He added: “Clearly there are strict rules on patient data that must be followed.”
As well as being the subject of vile conspiracy theories, with one even being peddled by a BBC journalist, Princess Kate also came under fire in an editing row surrounding a beautiful photo of her and her three children which was shared on Mother’s Day.
Kate was forced to apologise after she admitted editing a sweet photo taken by Prince William, after major international picture agencies issued a “kill notice” surrounding it – effectively moving it from circulation.