Princess Kate, who completed chemotherapy in the summer, will attend military commemorations in London this weekend, confirming the resumption of her public engagements after a year described by her husband William, heir to the throne, as “the hardest” of his life.
She will notably be alongside King Charles III, who has been undergoing treatment for cancer since February, at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday then at the official British war memorial, the Cenotaph, for a tribute ceremony on Sunday.
The participation of Queen Camilla, who has recently suffered from a lung infection, will however be “subject to further medical advice”, the palace said in its press release.
Kate, extremely popular in the United Kingdom, revealed in March 2024 that she had cancer, without specifying its nature, two months after “abdominal surgery” which had made her disappear from the public eye.
After several months of treatment, the 42-year-old princess announced the end of her chemotherapy in September in a video shot with her husband William and their three children.
“Honestly, it's been terrible. It's probably the hardest year of my life,” the heir to the throne told British media on Thursday.
“I'm so proud of my wife, I'm proud of my father, for handling the situation the way they did,” he said from South Africa where the fourth edition of the Earthshot Prize took place. , a prize he created to reward innovative environmental projects.
“But from a family, personal point of view, it was brutal,” he continued.
The Prince of Wales said his commitment to the environment and to the homeless in the United Kingdom, which was the subject of a recent documentary, had allowed him to “keep moving forward”.
– “Rest” for Queen Camilla –
In October, for her first official joint visit with her husband since the end of her treatment, Kate went to Southport (England) to the scene of a knife attack which killed three little girls and sparked riots this summer in United Kingdom.
She had previously appeared in public on June 15 for the birthday parade of King Charles, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, then at the Wimbledon final at the beginning of July, where she presented the trophy to the winner of the tennis tournament, the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz.
King Charles III, who will soon celebrate his 76th birthday, also announced at the start of the year that he was suffering from cancer, the nature of which has also not been revealed.
The monarch resumed his public activities in April, after having withdrawn for approximately two months, and is currently continuing his treatment in parallel.
Returning from an 11-day tour of Australia and then the Samoa Islands at the end of October, his first major trip outside the United Kingdom, a source at Buckingham Palace told the British media that Charles would resume a “normal” rhythm of trips abroad. abroad next year.
According to this same source, this trip improved “his state of mind, his mood and his recovery”.
On Tuesday, it was the state of health of his wife, Queen Camilla, which focused attention. Aged 77, she “is currently suffering from a lung infection, for which her doctors have advised her to take a short period of rest,” said a palace spokesperson.
She then said “hope to be recovered in time to attend” these ceremonies commemorating the wars and paying tribute to the killed Commonwealth soldiers.
