But way before her own ordeal, in 2018, the future queen made a touching gesture as she donated her locks to a charity that makes realistic wigs for children with cancer.
It was reported that the idea came to Kate as hairdresser Joey Wheeler cut seven inches off her hair at Kensington Palace.
A royal source said at the time: "Four months ago Joey persuaded her it was time to take off some of her hair; he said it was just getting too long.
Princess Kate sported shorter hair in 2018 and it was for a good reason (Image: Getty)
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"While Joey was snipping away the idea came to her of doing some good with it rather than throwing it away. She mentioned it to Joey, who thought it was a brilliant idea."
A royal aide collected the hair and sent it to a charity, thought to be the Little Princess Trust.
The source added: "It was sent using someone else’s name, so that the trust didn’t know it was from a royal source – they just thought it was from a female donor in the Kensington area.
"It’s lovely to think somewhere a little girl is happily wearing a wig made from a real princess’s hair.
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Princess Kate has been diagnosed with cancer (Image: BBC)
"It’s a very heartwarming thing for Kate to have done, and very thoughtful to use hair that would have otherwise just been thrown away."
The Little Princess Trust was set up in 2005 by the parents of Hannah Tarplee, who died at the age of 5 from a cancerous tumour.
It has now provided over 15,000 wigs to children and young people with hair loss, as well as invested £23 million in childhood cancer research.
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