Prince William sees 'PDA breakout' on Ascot amid Kate cancer recovery

Prince William was surrounded by love and affection at a poignant Royal event.

The Prince of Wales, who was accompanied by Zara Tindall, Mike Tindall and mother-in-law Carol Middleton at the event on Wednesday, seemed cheerful as Kate Middleton takes her chemotherapy.

Speaking about William's body language, royal expert Judi James told the Mirror: "Ascot has always been an event where the royals have tended to allow their more formal body language rituals to drop or loosen - but only by a few inches, and usually prompted by those gloriously tactile royals Zara and Mike, who always hand out life-affirming hugs at all levels of the royal hierarchy

"This season though, there has clearly been a wholesale outbreak of PDA that has revealed the softer, more caring and empathetic side of a family normally known for their cooler body language displays toward each other in public."

"This season though, there has clearly been a wholesale outbreak of PDA that has revealed the softer, more caring and empathetic side of a family normally known for their cooler body language displays toward each other in public," she concluded.