On her social networks, Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, announced that she was “in remission” from her cancer on January 14, 2025.
On Friday March 22, 2024, Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, announced that she had cancer. 10 months later, she gave her news, saying he was “in remission”.
“It’s a relief”
On her Instagram account, Prince William’s wife raised the subject on January 14. “It’s a relief to now be in remission and I stay focused on healing“, she wrote. “As anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer knows, it takes time to adapting to a new normal. However, I am looking forward to a busy year ahead. There is much to hope for,” added Kate Middleton, expressing her thanks “to all for your continued support“.
Remission and healing, what are the differences?
As Passeport Santé explains, remission means that “the symptoms of a chronic disease decrease or even disappear completely”. But this is not yet synonymous with cure: “For the case of cancer, the use of the word ‘cure’ translates into everyday language a medical concept called ‘the relative survival rate at 5 years’“.
The National Cancer Institute supports this analysis: “Statisticians estimate that a patient who has had cancer has a high chance to be ‘cured’ when, 5 years after diagnosishe finds the same life expectancy as the entire population of the same age, same sex and who has not had cancer.
Return to public in November
The Princess of Wales made her return to public on November 9, on the occasion of a commemorative concert carried out in London. She finished chemotherapy in September. 2024 had also seen King Charles III being diagnosed with cancer. “Honestly, it was awful“, Prince William commented when discussing the year 2024, a year”brutal“and certainly”the hardest” of his life.
