The 42-year-old Princess of Wales Kate Middleton made her first public appearance on Friday since her cancer diagnosis early this year.
The princess, dressed in a white pencil-fit outfit, was seen seated in a carriage with her children George, 10, Charlotte, 9, and 6-year-old Louis as she headed to Buckingham Palace for the ‘Trooping the Colour’- an annual military parade held in central London to mark the official birthday of the British monarch King Charles III.
Well hello Princess Catherine! pic.twitter.com/QtsZrLu3pg
— Prince & Princess of Wales (@TribesBritannia) June 15, 2024
On Friday Kate announced that she would attend the King’s Birthday Parade after making progress in her treatment. She disclosed in March that she was undergoing chemotherapy for an unspecified form of cancer.
Kate said in a statement, ‘I am making good progress, but as anyone going through chemotherapy will know, there are good days and bad days’.
She added that she faces a few more months of treatment. She will watch the ceremony from a building overlooking the Horse Guards Parade, a ceremonial parade ground in central London.
Prince William will be on horseback for the ceremony, also known as Trooping the Colour, in which troops in full dress uniform parade past the king with their regimental flag. Charles, who also is being treated for an undisclosed form of cancer, is due to inspect the troops alongside Queen Camilla from a carriage.
The beautiful Wales family 🥰🥰🥰🥰
— Prince & Princess of Wales (@TribesBritannia) June 15, 2024
Charles, 75, disclosed his cancer in February and has recently eased back into public duties. Last week for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe on June 6, 1944.
Kate is likely to join other members of the family on a Buckingham Palace balcony to watch a flypast of military aircraft and delight the crowds below.
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