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Prince William pulls out of godfather’s memorial due to ‘personal matter’

Prince William has pulled out of attending the memorial service for the late King Constantine of Greece at Windsor Castle due to a personal matter, Kensington Palace has said.

The Palace would not elaborate further but said the Princess of Wales, who is recovering from abdominal surgery, continues to be doing well.

The Prince of Wales, who was due to deliver a reading at the service, called the Greek royal family who are attending to let them know he was unable to attend.

The late King Constantine of Greece, who died in January last year, was William’s godfather.

Prince William returned to public duties at the start of February after taking time out support his wife after she underwent major abdominal surgery at the London Clinic on 16 January.

Catherine, Princess of Wales spent 14 days in hospital recovering before returning home to convalesce in Windsor. She is not due to return to official royal engagements until after Easter.

Specific details of Kate’s condition have not been made public, but the Palace said previously it was not cancer-related.

The Princess of Wales was treated at the same private hospital where the King received treatment for an enlarged prostate before he was diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer. The pair were discharged on the same day.

News of Prince William pulling out of attending the memorial service comes after it was revealed King Charles, who is being treated for cancer, will miss the service at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle.

Queen Camilla will lead members of the Royal Family at the service in his absence.

The late King Constantine, Greece’s last king, was both a close friend and second cousin of Charles.

Charles, 75, is not carrying out public duties while he is treated for cancer in line with advice from doctors.

He was also unable to attend Constantine’s funeral in Athens last year because of commitments which included meeting the president of Cyprus. The Princess Royal represented him at the service.

Constantine, who died in an Athens hospital aged 82 in January last year, acceded to the throne at the age of 23 in 1964.

The young king, who had won Olympic gold in sailing, was initially hugely popular.

But he later clashed with the military rulers and was forced into exile.

Greece abolished the monarchy in 1973 and Constantine lived in exile for many years in Hampstead Garden Suburb in north London, before returning to his home country in 2013.

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