Kate Middleton: Hospital staff where Princess of Wales had surgery ‘tried to access her medical records’

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An investigation has been launched on the clinic where the Princess of Wales had surgery over claims staff tried to access her personal medical information, in accordance to studies.

At least one member of staff tried to access Kate’s notes whereas she was a affected person on the personal London Clinic in central London in January, it’s claimed. The princess was admitted to the hospital for belly surgery on January 16.

Details of Kate’s situation haven’t been disclosed however Kensington Palace beforehand stated it was not cancer-related and that the princess wished for her private medical data to stay personal.

Following the allegations concerning the medical information in The Mirror, the UK privateness and knowledge safety watchdog stated it had obtained a breach report.

An Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) spokesperson stated on Tuesday: “We can confirm that we have received a breach report and are assessing the information provided.”

Kensington Palace stated: “This is a matter for The London Clinic.”

The Metropolitan Police and The London Clinic have been approached for remark.

It comes because the feeding frenzy round Kate’s well being, absence from public life and a doctored photograph issued on Mother’s Day continues.

Unfounded social media hypothesis concerning the princess and her well being has been rampant in latest weeks.

Kate, who’s recovering from belly surgery, was this week seen with her husband on the Windsor Farm Shop shut to their Adelaide cottage house within the grounds of Windsor Castle.

The Princess of Wales’s ardour for selling the early years improvement of youngsters was highlighted by her husband throughout his newest royal engagement on Tuesday.

William spoke fondly of Kate’s work as he spent the day in Sheffield catching up with the developments of his formidable Homewards undertaking, which goals to eradicate homelessness in six UK places.

When the longer term king joined a Homewards Sheffield Local Coalition assembly, he smiled when a participant talked about the significance of youngsters’s early years, a problem the princess has raised consciousness about for a quantity of years.

“Venturing into my wife’s territory here. She needs to be sat here to hear this,” William stated as he grinned and held up his fingers.