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Travel writer and TV host Rick Steves has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

On Wednesday, Aug. 21, Steves, 69, shared on X (formerly known as Twitter) that he was preparing to have surgery at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center-Seattle this fall, but was remaining thankful and positive.

“I’d like to take a moment to share some important news. I have been diagnosed with prostate cancer,” the Rick Steves’ Europe star began. “My doctor assures me that, if you’re going to get cancer, this is a good kind to get, and careful scans show no sign of it having spread.” 

“There is a clear path forward to getting healthy, and this fall, I’ll be in the hospital for a few days having prostate surgery,” he added.

Steves, known for giving travel tips via his TV shows and Europe…

Posts shared widely online have falsely claimed that the video in which Catherine, Princess of Wales revealed her cancer diagnosis was created using Artificial Intelligence (AI) due to her wedding ring ‘disappearing’.

But high resolution versions of the video show her ring does not disappear and BBC Studios have confirmed that they filmed the clip.

The background to the claims

Catherine confirmed in a video message on Friday that she has begun preventative chemotherapy after an unspecified cancer diagnosis. 

It followed weeks of speculation in the media and on social platforms after she had been absent from public view following pre-planned abdominal surgery in