EBN- Following the Princess of Wales’ abdominal surgery in January, journalist Concha Calleja falsely claimed on the popular Spanish news program Fiesta that Princess Kate, 42, was in a coma due to complications, The Times reported.
“The doctors had to take drastic decisions at that moment because of the complications that arose,” she said, according to The Times. “The decision was to put her in an induced coma. They had to intubate her. There were serious complications that they didn’t expect because the operation went well. But the postoperative period didn’t go so well.”
Calleja reported that Kate’s life was in “great danger” following the surgery and that “practically an entire hospital” was set up in the royal’s home for the recovery process. Other Spanish media outlets also picked up the report.
However, a palace source vehemently denied the claims.
“It’s total nonsense,” a palace source told The Times. “No attempt was made by that journalist to fact-check anything that she said with anyone in the household. It’s fundamentally, totally made-up, and I’ll use polite English here: it’s absolutely not the case.”
Kensington Palace announced on Jan. 17 that the Princess of Wales underwent a “planned abdominal surgery” at The London Clinic the previous day. While her diagnosis was kept private, it is known to be noncancerous.
