Prince William continues to put Kate Middleton first. 

Indeed, the Prince of Wales recently shared why he was not among Team Great Britain’s supporters in the crowd at the 2024 Paris Olympics and why it stemmed from protecting his wife amid her cancer treatments.

“I was so keen to come but I have to say after reading someone’s interview about COVID,” he explained in a conversation with Olympians Adam Peaty and Tom Dean during a visit to Birtley Community Pool in Tyne and Wear Oct. 3, per Hello magazine. “ I decided, because my wife was obviously having chemo, that I didn’t want to risk bringing COVID home.”

Of course, the 42-year-old—who shares Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6, with Kate—assured that his lack of attendance did not correlate to his family’s lack of interest in the summer sports competition. 

“We watched the whole thing,” he added. “We were glued to it every day.”