Kate's Leaning on Harry

The news was heartbreaking.

This spring, more than two months after Princess Kate underwent a mysterious abdominal surgery, questions about her health exploded when a photo was released of her and her children that had clearly been doctored. Kate ended the speculation by announcing on March 22 that post-surgery, she’d been diagnosed with cancer and had started chemotherapy. As the world rallied to support her, loving messages poured in to Kensington Palace, including one from estranged in-laws Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. “We wish health and healing for Kate and the family,” the Duke and Duchess of Sussex said in a statement, “and hope they are able to do so privately and in peace.”

Few expected they’d hear back. But despite years of drama and Harry’s ongoing feud with brother Prince William, something remarkable happened: Kate, 42, secretly called Harry, claims a royals source. “Everyone assumes Kate doesn’t like Harry, but they have a special bond that not many people really understand,” explains the source. “She and Harry were extremely close at one time. She’s confided in him during some of her darkest moments, and now that includes her cancer battle.”

Amid her incredibly heavy ordeal, adds the source, “Kate’s leaned on Harry for support.”

A SHOCKING MOVE