This Tuesday, January 14, Kate Middleton participated in her first public engagement since the start of 2025. The meeting took place in a very symbolic place for the future Queen of England.
The year 2024 has not been the best for the English royal family. A year ago, Kate Middleton announced that she was withdrawing from media life for several weeks following surgery. As months passed and his return was not expected, rumors of illness circulated. So much so that after the Easter weekend, she revealed to the whole world that she had cancer. An announcement that came a few months after that of his father-in-law, King Charles III. The princess regularly gave her news and her husband, Prince William, continued to be questioned about her during his travels. Last September, it was in a video filmed with family that Kate Middleton claimed to have finished her chemotherapy treatment.
Kate Middleton visits the hospital where she was treated for cancer
This Tuesday, January 14, Kate Middleton participated in her first public engagement since the start of 2025. And it was at the Royal Marsden Hospital, specializing in oncology, that she went. On site, she spoke with sick people but also with caregivers. A visit that brought back memories for her since it was in this health establishment that she received treatment several months ago. To explain this move, Kensington Palace indicated: “The princess wanted to make this trip at once to show gratitude to the incredible teambut also to highlight the cutting-edge care and treatments that Marsden provides“.
Kate Middleton confides during her visit: “Enter here through the main entrance…“
When she arrived at the hospital for a visit, Kate Middleton said: “Entering here through the main entrance, after having made so many discreet and private visits, is quite nice actually…“. Then, after interacting with patients and medical staff, the one who recently celebrated her 43rd birthday added: “I wanted to come and show my support (…) to those who are undergoing treatment and going through such a difficult time“. And Kate Middleton experienced difficult times in 2024, which made her appreciate her victories even more. Since the end of the summer, her chemotherapy treatment has ended, but the princess is not completely cured however: “My road to recovery and complete recovery is long and I must continue to take each day as it comes.”she explained at the beginning of the fall.