The world reacts to Kate Middleton's cancer news: News sites clear their front pages to cover Princess of Wales' dramatic announcement to billions of readers

News sites from across the globe have cleared their front pages to cover the Princess of Wales' shocking health announcement. 

Catherine revealed this evening that she is undergoing 'preventative' chemotherapy after being diagnosed with cancer.

The news comes after the princess has been out of the public eye for two months following abdominal surgery in January. 

Media around the world have covered the diagnosis - some making it their main story on the webpage. 

Bild 

German news site Bild covered Catherine's diagnosis as a top story on the page 

In Germany news site Bild had Catherine's announcement at the top of the page with 'Cancer!' written in bold.

It then follows with, 'Princess Kate announces the shock diagnosis on a park bench! Chemotherapy now!' and chose a photograph from the Princess of Wales' video.

Franffurter Allgemeine

German news outlet Franffurter Allgemeine

Another German news outlet, Franffurter Allgemeine, also had Catherine's health update as one of the top stories. 

It chose, 'Princess Kate announces cancer diagnosis' as the headline and led with the news coming after much speculation in the top line.

Le Figaro 

French publication Le Figaro included a video of the Princess of Wales' telling the world about her diagnosis

In France, Le Figaro - which also prints a daily morning newspaper - placed Catherine's announcement as their top story.

The headline reads: 'Suffering from cancer, Kate Middleton announces that she has started chemotherapy.'

It also includes a video of the Princess of Wales' telling the world about her diagnosis. 

Paris Match

French magazine news site Paris Match 

Paris Match, a magazine news site, also put Catherine's shocking broadcast as the top story. 

It ran the headline, 'Kate Middleton announces she suffers from cancer in a moving video,' on the Royal Blog page and reported Britain as being 'in shock'.

Le Parisien

Another French publication, Le Parisien, updated readers on Catherine

Le Parisien similarly had the Princess' health update as one of the main stories and ran the headline, 'Kate Middleton: the princess announces that she suffers from cancer and has started chemotherapy'.

This was paired with a photograph of Catherine on a bench making the announcement. 

De Telegraaf 

De Telegraaf, a news organisation based in the Netherlands, also covered the diagnosis 

In the Netherlands, De Telegraaf made Catherine's announcement a main story and ran a headline that read, 'British Princess Kate has been diagnosed with cancer'.

Keen to keep its readers updated, the story was tabbed with 'more to come'.

The Times of India

The Times Of India reported on Kate's news as a main story

Across the ocean, The Times Of India reported on Kate's news as a main story with the headline, 'Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, being treated for cancer'.

It described the health update as 'startling' and led with the video of Catherine's announcement.  

la Repubblica 

Italian news site la Repubblica 

Italy news page la Repubblica broke the announcement to the country as one of the website's top stories - leading with a picture of Catherine sat on a bench. 

The headline reads: 'Kate Middleton has cancer: shock announcement in a video to Great Britain. “It took some time to explain the situation to the children”.'

The Washington Post 

The Washington Post had Catherine's diagnosis as a top story on the website

Across the globe to America, the Washington Post had Catherine's diagnosis as a top story on the site. 

Leading with the Princess of Wales' choice of announcement style, the headline reads, 'Catherine, Princess of Wales, has cancer, she says in video'.

The New York Times

The New York Times covering Catherine's diagnosis announcement 

When The New York Times first broke the news, it placed Catherine's story second from the top of the homepage. 

The headline reads, 'Catherine, Princess of Wales, Has Cancer' and included live updates to the situation.

This was underneath a story about the spending bill.