The world reacts to Kate Middleton’s cancer news: News sites clear their front pages to cover Princess of Wales’ dramatic announcement to billions of readers

News sites around the world have cleared their front pages to report on the Princess of Wales’s shocking health announcement.

Catherine revealed tonight that she is undergoing ‘preventive’ chemotherapy after being diagnosed with cancer.

The news comes after the princess has been out of the public eye for two months following abdominal surgery in January.

Media around the world have covered the diagnosis, with some making it their main story on the web page.

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In Germany, news site Bild had Catherine’s announcement at the top of the page with “Cancer!” written in bold.

Then follows: ‘Princess Kate announces the shock diagnosis on a park bench! Chemotherapy now!’ and chose a photo from the video of the Princess of Wales.

Francfurter Allgemeine

Another German news channel, Francfurter Allgemeinealso had Catherine’s health update as one of the top stories.

It chose “Princess Kate Makes Cancer Diagnosis” as its headline and led with the news after much speculation in the top line.

Le Figaro

In France, Le Figaro – which also prints a daily morning newspaper – featured Catherine’s announcement as their top story.

The headline reads: ‘Kate Middleton suffers from cancer and announces she has started chemotherapy.’

It also includes a video of the Princess of Wales telling the world about her diagnosis.

Paris competition

Paris competitiona magazine news site, also named Catherine’s shocking broadcast its top story.

The headline read: ‘Kate Middleton announces she is suffering from cancer in moving video’ on the Royal Blog page and reported that Britain was ‘in shock’.

Le Parisien

Le Parisien Similarly, the Princess’s health update was one of the top stories and headlined: ‘Kate Middleton: The Princess announces she is suffering from cancer and has started chemotherapy’.

This was accompanied by a photo of Catherine on a bench making the announcement.

The Telegraph

In the Netherlands, The Telegraph made Catherine’s announcement an editorial with the headline: “British Princess Kate has been diagnosed with cancer.”

To keep readers informed, the story was accompanied by the text ‘there is more to come’.

The times of India

Across the ocean, The Times Of India reported Kate’s news as a cover story with the headline: ‘Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, is being treated for cancer’.

It described the health update as ‘startling’ and led to the video of Catherine’s announcement.

the Republic

Italy news page the Republic broke the announcement to the nation as one of the website’s top stories – leading with a photo of Catherine sitting on a bench.

The headline reads: ‘Kate Middleton has cancer: shock announcement in a video to Britain. “It took some time to explain the situation to the children.”

The Washington Post

All over the world to America, the Washington Post had Catherine’s diagnosis as the top story on the site.

The headline reads, guiding the Princess of Wales’ choice of announcement style, ‘Catherine, Princess of Wales, has cancer, she says in video’.

The New York Times

Then the New York Times first broke the news, it placed Catherine’s story in second place at the top of the home page.

The headline read: ‘Catherine, Princess of Wales, has cancer’ and included live updates of the situation.

This was under a story about the spending bill.