Royal family maintained silence over the cancer struggles of a senior member as new, surprising details emerged.

An author, Hugo Vickers, talked about the royal figure’s health scare that was not disclosed by the firm at the time of his death.

The royal commentator wrote that Queen Elizabeth II had been informed that Prince Philip had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer eight years before his death.

At the age of 91, the Duke of Edinburgh’s medical team shared with the royals about his inoperable form of the disease in June 2013.

Following the diagnosis, “there was a view that [Philip] might not be seen in public again”, but “the duke outwitted the pessimists,” Hugo shared, as per The Times. 

The royal expert opened up about Prince Philip’s last days of life, stating there were “moments of tranquillity.”

“On the last night of his life, he gave his nurses the slip, shuffled along the corridor on his Zimmer frame, helped himself to a beer and drank it in the Oak Room,” he penned.

Hugo added, “The following morning, he got up, had a bath, said he did not feel well and quietly slipped away. By this point, he had lived with pancreatic cancer for nearly eight years — far longer than the usual survival time from diagnosis.”

It is important to mention that the Queen was not with her husband when he passed away.

For the unversed, Prince Philip passed away in Windsor Castle in 2021 just before his 100th birthday.

As per the death certificate, his cause of death was mentioned as “old age,” hinting that the Palace wanted to keep it a secret.

The cancer shock returned in the royal family after King Charles and Princess Kate were diagnosed with the disease in 2024.

Catherine is in remission from cancer after completing her preventive chemotherapy. Whereas the monarch is still undergoing cancer treatment. 

Lola Tung recalls some “really special” moments she spent with the new heartthrob in town, Hudson Williams.

Back in February The Summer I Turned Pretty and the Heated Rivalry stars attended the Gold House’s Lunar New Year Celebration in New York City.

They were spotted hitting the dance floor together at the event, sending their fans into a frenzy. Their admirers quickly ship both the actors after the interaction.

And now the 23-year-old model and actress is spilling the beans about how the two ended up on the dance floor.

“Well, there’s something really special I think, about… ‘Cause I met Hudson, and then I met Yerin Ha also at that party, and it feels like when you have a similar experience, where… I mean, they’re having crazy experiences right now,” she said.

“I mean, Hudson‘s experience is like, I can’t even imagine that… but it’s that thing of like, you almost instantly have this connection of like, ‘Hi, are you okay?’” she added of how their instant friendship began. “Like, ‘How are you feeling? Are you tired, do you need anything? Do you just wanna like dance and have a good time?’ ‘Cause it’s hard to do that sometimes.”

“And with Hudson too, I was like, ‘I wanna dance, do you wanna dance?’ And he was like, ‘Yeah, let’s dance!’” the actress, who played Isabel “Belly” Conklin in the hit Amazon Prime Video series, recounted. “But like I do appreciate that he was like, ‘Let’s just have a good time. Let’s have a moment.’”

“Even though it like, ya know, is online, and people take their phones out and stuff, it’s like we were having a good time, ya know? And we kind of were like, ‘Everybody dance with us, come on!’” she told Variety during a recent interview for her new movie Forbidden Fruits.

Interestingly, at the event, Lola reunited with her on-screen brother, Sean Kaufman, from The Summer I Turned Pretty.

Celine Dion is set to confirm her long-awaited return to live performance today, her 58th birthday, with a residency in Paris this autumn. 

But her ongoing battle with a rare neurological disorder means she may have to perform while seated.

The Canadian icon, who has not done a full concert since March 2020, will announce a ten-show run at Paris’s La Defense Arena, one of Europe’s largest indoor venues with a capacity of 45,000. 

She is set to perform two shows a week, but health concerns surrounding her Stiff-Person Syndrome, a condition that causes severe muscle rigidity and violent spasms, have led insurers to impose strict conditions on the run.

“To insure the gigs, Celine and team have agreed to non-negotiable terms including a performance limit and regular medical checks right up until the final show,” a source said.

The possibility of performing from a chair would put Dion in the company of other music icons who have made similar adaptations in recent years.

Ozzy Osbourne performed seated on a throne at Black Sabbath’s farewell concert last summer, and Phil Collins sat throughout Genesis’s final tour in 2021.

Dion has been open about her determination to get back on stage despite everything her condition has put her through. 

In her 2024 Prime Video documentary I Am: Celine Dion, she was unambiguous about what performing means to her. “If I can’t run, I’ll walk. If I can’t walk, I’ll crawl. I miss it so much,” she said.

Since stepping away from touring, she has made only two brief public appearances, at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony in 2024 and at a fashion show the same year. 

The announcement marks the most significant step yet in her return.