Kensington Palace has finally taken action to address an apparent error made by a well-known royal reporter, who incorrectly suggested in September that Kate Middleton never had cancer but was instead diagnosed with “pre-cancerous cells.

The extraordinary rumor that Kate Middleton never had cancer, which went viral over the weekend after an old report resurfaced saying the princess had been afflicted by “pre-cancerous cells”, can arguably be traced back to a deliberately opaque communications policy by her and her office.

Kate Middleton’s cancer battle is at the center of a wild new conspiracy. The Princess of Wales, 42, said she was cancer free in September, six months after she confirmed she was undergoing chemotherapy treatment for her diagnosis. However, conspiracists are suggesting Middleton may not have had cancer at all.