LIZ JONES: Kate's strength has made me ashamed. And there's one self-pitying 発言／述べる I'll now always 悔いる...
After Kate's bombshell 告示 that she is 存在 扱う／治療するd for 癌 I read 非常に／多数の news 報告（する）／憶測s applauding the 373 per cent 殺到する in internet searches for the word '癌'. Incredible, and doubtless this will save lives.
Kate's candour not only encouraged others to 捜し出す advice but managed to sweep away any 痕跡 of shame about having the 病気. I 疑問 a 選び出す／独身 活動／戦闘 by a member of the 王室の family has ever had such an 衝撃, certainly not since Princess Diana held the 手渡すs of 援助（する）s 苦しんでいる人s and talked about her struggles with bulimia and her mental health.
But I think Kate's composure will have a more far-reaching 影響 that will change millions of mind-始める，決めるs 同様に.
The Princess of むちの跡s in her ビデオ message. 'I was most touche d that, on a day when she must have been trembling with 神経s and doubtless tired, she had made such an 成果／努力 with her 外見,' Liz Jones 令状s
As I watched Kate's ビデオ message I was clutching a cushion, strangling sobs that made my throat 傷つける. And I finally saw the woman behind the immaculate outfits, the composure, the smile. I was most touched that, on a day when she must have been trembling with 神経s and doubtless tired, she had made such an 成果／努力 with her 外見 ? she had even had her hair done for us. She had got dressed: 簡単に, in ジーンズs and Breton 最高の，を越す, but still immaculate. She sat up straight.
Most importantly, she managed a smile. Her 関心 seemed to be for us, and for her family. She only つまずくd on her words once, and that made her seem more human. Her composure reminded me of the late Queen, who could so easily have wailed at the loss of her freedom when she 上がるd to the 王位 老年の just 25. They both put us first. I'm reminded too of my mum, 手足を不自由にする／（物事を）損なうd by arthritis and dementia, but who managed to parrot two phrases, which she repeated to anyone who asked: 'I'm 罰金' and 'I'm getting better, thank you.'
What a contrast, a 発覚, when we are all encouraged to wallow, to own our own 悲しみ, to 'self care' above all else?? a message disseminated by self-help 調書をとる／予約するs, podcasts, soothing 製品s and candles.
Before Kate's ビデオ 空気／公表するd, I had just spent a week almost having a nervous 決裂／故障. I was so 強調する／ストレスd that I was unable to eat or think straight. I was shaking and sweating, 直面するd with 潜在的に life changing 決定／判定勝ち（する）s about moving house, moving in with a man, changing my daily 決まりきった仕事. I couldn't even take a bath, let alone wash my hair, as what is the point? No one could help me, no one could give me advice. All I could do was escape into mindless TV. I couldn't even 焦点（を合わせる） to read a 調書をとる／予約する: the words danced on the page.
But watching Kate, I realised that the only thing that 事柄s is our health. I once wrote in a column, in a misjudged moment of 激怒（する）, embroiled in self pity, that I 'would rather have 癌 than be made 破産者／倒産した. When you have money troubles, no one has sympathy, as they believe it is all your own stupid fault… No one turns up with a マリファナ of stew, or flowers, or help'.
Seeing a young woman?? who has three young children, 責任／義務s?? 直面する 癌 with stoicism and grace made me feel 深く，強烈に ashamed. What a whiny nation we've become. Women 特に, buckled so easily by cat calling, the menopause, anyone 扱う／治療するing us disrespectfully in any way. It put it in 視野 that we could be felled at any point by something really serious, and life 脅すing.
Kate changed my mind-始める，決める. It was as though she flipped a switch. We should 高く評価する／（相場などが）上がる each day. Get up, get dressed. I've been a fashion writer for many １０年間s and only now realise that what we wear can be a uniform, a show of strength that changes not only how we appear, but how we feel.
Because if it 癌 can happen to Kate ? so fit, so healthy, outwardly without a worry in the world ? it can happen to any of us. And with our 現在の me me me 態度, very few will be ready…
