Catherine, Princess of Wales. (Matt Porteous)
Catherine, Princess of Wales, said on Friday she will attend
King Charles III’s birthday parade, in her first public appearance in six
months after she revealed she had cancer.
The 42-year-old future queen said in a statement she was
“making good progress” with her chemotherapy treatment for the
unspecified cancer, and that it would continue “for a few more
months”.
Kate, as she is widely known, said she hoped to join in
“a few public engagements over the summer” months as well as
Saturday’s annual Trooping the Colour parade for Charles official birthday.
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The statement was released on Kate’s social media channels
alongside a photograph – taken earlier this week in Windsor, west of London –
of the princess standing in front of a tree next to a river.
“I am making good progress, but as anyone going through
chemotherapy will know, there are good days and bad days,” she said.
“On those bad days you feel weak, tired and you have to
give in to your body resting. But on the good days, when you feel stronger, you
want to make the most of feeling well.”
Kate, married to heir-to-the-throne Prince William and
mother to their three young children, noted that she has started to do “a
little work from home” on days when she “feels well enough”.
“It is a joy to engage with school life, spend personal
time on the things that give me energy and positivity,” she added.
“I’m looking forward to attending the King’s birthday
parade this weekend with my family and hope to join a few public engagements
over the summer, but equally knowing I am not out of the woods yet,” Kate
said.
“I am learning how to be patient, especially with
uncertainty. Taking each day as it comes, listening to my body, and allowing
myself to take this much needed time to heal.”
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Kate, who was last seen at a public engagement when the
royals gathered for Christmas last December, revealed in March that she had
been diagnosed with cancer.
It followed Charles in February announcing that he had been
diagnosed with an unspecified form of cancer.
The king, 75, has also been receiving treatment and in April
royal officials said doctors were “very encouraged” by his progress,
allowing him to resume his official duties.
However, he will participate in this year’s birthday parade
from a carriage, rather than on horseback as he did last year.
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