Why were King Charles, Kate Middleton's medical announcements made on the same day?

King Charles’ prostrate surgery announcement was made within two hours of news of Kate Middleton’s hospitalization following a “planned abdominal surgery.”

The timings of both the news caused stirred among the public. However, it has now been revealed that Buckingham Palace wanted to make a proper announcements and did not want it to be leaked.

Speaking on the matter, Newsweek’s Jack Royston, said, “What I've been told is that the King has royal engagements that had to be cancelled, so the Palace had to start telling people this was happening."

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"Once they started telling people privately, they just wanted to get that information out there,” he added, as per GB News.

“It's reassuring for the public if it comes from the Palace rather than being leaked by somebody who maybe had a tangential role in a royal visit.

“If you allow it to come out that way then everybody panics."