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Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle have both been shouted out by TIME magazine
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Princess Kate, 43, was named to the TIME100 Health list in a citation praising her public announcement about undergoing treatment for cancer last year
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The Duchess of Sussex, 43, graced the stage at the TIME100 Summit in N.Y.C. on April 23 about her entrepreneurial endeavors and private life with Prince Harry
Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle are being highlighted by TIME just a few days apart.
On May 8, TIME named Princess Kate, 43, to its second annual TIME100 Health list, which recognizes the 100 most influential people in the world of health today. The Princess of Wales was included within the list’s “Catalyst” group for publicly announcing in March 2024 that she was undergoing cancer treatment and drawing global awareness to the disease.
The magazine unveiled the TIME100 Health list two weeks after the Duchess of Sussex, 43, spoke on stage at the TIME100 Summit in New York City about her Netflix series With Love, Meghan, lifestyle brand As ever and podcast Confessions of a Female Founder. Meghan and Prince Harry were previously on the cover of TIME for their inclusion in its Most Influential People list in 2021, and he joined her at the April 23 summit.
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Sam Jacobs, Jessica Sibley, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry at the 2025 TIME100 Summit in New York City on April 23, 2025.
The 2025 TIME100 Health list also included Melinda French Gates, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Colin Farrell, Seth Rogen, Dwayne Wade and Ilona Maher, among many others.
TIME praised Princess Kate’s candor in sharing that she was receiving cancer treatment in a video issued in March 2024, smashing past precedent around the palace’s tight-lipped approach to medical information, and commended how she reduced her royal duties to focus on her health.
“As a popular public figure, Middleton’s revelation brought significant attention to cancer awareness and treatment, including the rise in early-onset cancers in patients under age 50,” the TIME tribute said. “Her decision to focus on her recovery by taking nine months away from public duties also reignited conversations about the importance of self-care and strong support networks that can ease healing and speed the return to normal activities.”
The citation said that the princess “became a beacon for cancer patients, and inspired others to address their own health,” and recapped how she updated the public in September about completing chemotherapy with a direct message for other patients.
“To all those who are continuing their own cancer journey — I remain with you, side by side, hand in hand,” Princess Kate said in the intimate video released then, which followed her exploring the outdoors with Prince William and their children, Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7. “Out of darkness can come light, so let that light shine through.”
In January, the Princess of Wales announced that she was in remission after a surprise stop at The Royal Marsden Hospital in London. The outing came with the confirmation that she previously received treatment there and became a patron of the medical center with Prince William, 42.
The royal family was rocked by another cancer diagnosis last year as the palace announced in February 2024 that King Charles was receiving treatment for cancer, which continues into this year.
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King Charles, Queen Camilla, Prince William, Prince George, Prince Louis, Kate Middleton and Princess Charlotte on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on May 5, 2025.
Kate graces the TIME100 Health list just two weeks after Meghan spoke at the magazine’s signature summit in N.Y.C. There, she spoke about her mental health (revealing, “I tune out the noise”), shared her shock at that As ever’s inaugural product drop sold out in 45 minutes and said her “confession” is that she is in a wonderful place today.
“A confession for you today that I can very comfortably say is that I’m the happiest I’ve ever been,” the Duchess of Sussex said when Jessica Sibley, the Chief Executive Officer of TIME, asked her to share a “confession” as inspired by the title of her new Lemonada Media podcast.
“To have a partner and a husband who is so supportive and have healthy kids who are so joyful… I never would have imagined at this point I would feel so happy and grateful, and I really do,” Meghan said about her private life with Harry and their kids, Prince Archie, 6, and Princess Lilibet, 3.
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Meghan Markle at the TIME100 Summit in New York City on April 23, 2025.
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A distance continues between Prince Harry and Prince William, and a friend of Harry’s previously told PEOPLE that his calls to his father, the King, go unanswered amid an ongoing rift.
In a bombshell interview last week with the BBC after a judge dismissed his legal appeal to restore the automatic security he argues was unfairly stripped when he and Meghan stepped back from their royal roles in 2020, Prince Harry said that King Charles is still not speaking to him.
“Life is precious. I don’t know how much longer my father has. He won’t speak to me because of this security stuff, but it would be nice to reconcile,” Prince Harry said.
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