Kate Middleton made her first public appearance during Trooping the Colour 2024 on Saturday, alongside Prince William and their children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis.
Though Princess Kate has attended Trooping the Colour many times in the past, this year holds a special significance, as it marks her first official public engagement since attending Christmas Day church services with the royal family late last year. It comes nearly three months after the princess revealed the shocking news that she had been diagnosed with cancer.
Kate was seen early in the day, spotted in the back of a car with her children and husband, Prince William. She could be seen through the vehicle's window wearing a white ensemble edged in black, complete with a hat, with her hair pulled back. The dress is by one of the Princess of Wales' go-to designers, Jenny Packham, and the hat is designed by another royal favourite, Philip Treacy.
Kate’s presence at Trooping the Colour 2024 was only confirmed on Friday afternoon, less than 24 hours before the traditional parade in honour of the monarch’s birthday—one of the highlights of the annual royal calendar—was set to begin. In the caption of an Instagram post on the official account that she shares with Prince William, Kate shared a message of thanks and hope, along with her scheduling news.
“I am making good progress, but as anyone going through chemotherapy will know, there are good days and bad days,” she wrote. “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 shared that her treatment is “ongoing and will be for a few more months,” and expressed hope that she would “join a few public engagements over the summer” beyond Trooping the Colour, tempering expectations by saying that she is “not out of the woods yet.”
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Sources recently told Vanity Fair that the princess has “turned a corner” in her cancer treatment lately, though she was notably absent from both the St. Patrick’s Day parade and the Colonel’s Review on June 8, both events that she would typically preside over in her role as Honorary Colonel of the Irish Guards.
The year has been an unusual one for the royal family, Kate in particular. In January, it was announced by Kensington Palace that the princess had undergone a “planned abdominal surgery” with a lengthy recovery time and a tentative return to her royal duties after Easter. Sources initially stressed that the unspecified procedure was “noncancerous” in nature, but tests after the surgery revealed the opposite. The Princess of Wales’s whereabouts were the subject of rampant speculation until her public announcement of her diagnosis, wherein she asked for “time, space, and privacy” for herself and her family as she underwent treatment.
Her cancer revelation came mere weeks after her father-in-law, King Charles, shared his own cancer diagnosis with the public, also following an early 2024 procedure, his to treat an enlarged prostate. After Kate’s announcement, Charles shared a statement of support for the princess, saying that he was “so proud of Catherine for her courage in speaking as she did.” Charles has since returned to a somewhat lightened schedule of public-facing duties while receiving treatment, and according to palace sources, his attendance at Trooping the Colour was “non-negotiable.” His one concession: Inspecting the troops while riding in a carriage rather than on horseback.
This feature originally appeared on Vanity Fair.
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