KATE'S CANCER CRISIS EXPLODES!

CANCER-PLAGUED Princess Kate's devastating condition is worse than the palace has let on as the royals desperately try to hide the heartbreaking truth, reveal well-placed insiders.

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The debilitating chemotherapy she's been enduring for months is said to be ravaging her physically and mentally, and her husband, Prince William, is struggling to keep up pretenses amid fears he may lose her! "Kate and William are going through hell behind palace walls," a high-level royal courtier tells The National ENQUIRER. "Kate is suffering brutal symptoms from the chemo but going to great lengths to hide them especially from the children.

"Unfortunately, it's becoming more and more difficult." The grueling treatments aimed at wiping out the cancer ovarian believed to be are taking a terrible toll. Palace insiders confide that Kate's signature brunette hair is falling out in clumps, she's suffering severe nausea and exhaustion, and her weight is plummeting because she has no appetite.

"I hear that Kate has admitted she feels like she's aged ten years in just the first ten weeks of chemo treatments," says the courtier. "Her confidence has also taken a severe beating, leaving William feeling worried and helpless.