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Zoe Ball Says Prince William Sent Comforting Letters During Her Mother's Final Days

Ball disclosed the private notes on her Dig It! podcast, highlighting his empathy despite his own family's cancer diagnoses.

Overview

  • Speaking on Dig It! with Jo Whiley, Ball described reading the Prince of Wales’s letter to her mother, Julia Peckham, in hospital with her brother present.
  • She said the first letter “meant the world” to her mother, and that William wrote again after Julia’s death in April 2024 from pancreatic cancer.
  • Ball noted that William reached out during a period when King Charles and Catherine had their own cancer treatments.
  • She said watching William’s recent Apple TV interview with Eugene Levy prompted her to reflect on his gestures.
  • Ball said she will appear on a celebrity Deal Or No Deal to raise funds for pancreatic cancer causes and the hospice that cared for her mother.