LONDON — He Wale’s princess He said Friday that he is “making good progress” in his cancer treatment and will attend King Charles III from Saturday’s ceremonial birthday parade, Kate’s first public appearance since her diagnosis.
The wife of 42 years of Prince William He has not made any public appearances this year. She announced in March who was receiving chemotherapy for an unspecified form of cancer.
“I’m making good progress, but as anyone going through chemotherapy will know, there are good days and bad days,” Kate said in a statement released Friday, adding that she faces “a few more months” of treatment.
“I’m looking forward to attending the King’s Birthday Parade this weekend with my family and hope to join in on some public engagements over the summer, but I also know I’m not out of the woods yet,” Kate said.
The announcement is an important milestone, but it does not mark Kate’s return to full-time public duties. The palace released a new photo of Kate, taken in Windsor earlier this week, which shows her next to a tree, dressed casually in jeans and a jacket.
The palace said the king was “delighted” that Kate was attending Trooping the Colour, also known as the King’s Birthday Parade. It is an annual military parade marking the monarch’s official birthday in June. Charles, who is also being treated for an undisclosed form of cancer, will oversee the ceremony, in which troops in full dress parade alongside the king with his ceremonial flag or “colour”.
Kate is expected to travel in a horse-drawn carriage from Buckingham Palace with the couple’s children: Prince George, 10; Princess Charlotte, 9; and Prince Louis, who is 6, before watching the ceremony from a building next to the parade ground. She could also join other royals for a traditional appearance on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the princess’s statement was “wonderful news”.
“I thought it was brave, I thought it was honest and I’m sure it will bring enormous comfort to many other people who are dealing with similar health problems,” Sunak said at a Group of Seven summit in Italy.
Kate’s announcement in March came after speculation proliferated on social media about her well-being and absence from public view. She has revealed few details about her illness, which was discovered after what she described as major abdominal surgery in January.
In a video message in March, Kate said the diagnosis was “a huge shock, and William and I have been doing our best to process and deal with this privately for the sake of our young family.”
On Friday, Kate thanked the public and said she had been “blown away by all the kind messages of support and encouragement.”
“I am learning to be patient, especially in the face of uncertainty. Taking each day as it comes, listening to my body and allowing myself to take this much-needed time to heal,” she said. “Thank you so much for your continued understanding and to all who have so bravely shared their stories with me.”
Charles, 75, revealed his cancer in February and has recently returned to public duties. He He attended the commemorations this week. For the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe on June 6, 1944.
Charles is likely to travel to Saturday’s event by carriage with Queen Camilla and is expected to watch the ceremony sitting on a dais, rather than on horseback as he did last year.
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