Last month, Kate Middleton and Jessie J crossed paths at the annual Royal Variety Performance in London, where they apparently bonded over their cancer diagnoses. The Princess of Wales and the singer were photographed sharing an emotional hug at the November 19 event. “Mum to mum, who has just recently gone through cancer, I just wanted to give her a hug,” Jessie J told the Independent shortly afterward. “We acknowledged that it’s something that is not easy to go through, especially in the public eye.”
On the British show This Morning on Wednesday, Jessie J said she had been “briefed not to” hug Middleton because it was against royal protocol, but decided to anyway. “I just saw a mom that has also gone through cancer publicly, and I just wanted to give her a hug,” she explained. I

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