Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Having finished her cancer chemo treatment, Princess Kate plans more public engagements

Britain's Princess Kate says her chemotherapy treatment for cancer is complete, so she intends to do more public appearances.

That information appears in a story by Karla Adam in editions of The Washington Post earlier this week.

The past nine months, Kate Middleton says, "have been incredibly tough for us as a family."

Princess Kate
Kate — more formally known as Catherine, Princess of Wales, has largely been out of public view since Christmas. 

Buckingham Palace insists the royal is entitled to her medical privacy, and she's not disclosed the site of the cancer.

The princess, who's in line to be a future queen, is expected to at least "attend a Remembrance Sunday service, a fixture of the royal calendar that commemorates those who died in Britain's wars," the Post piece notes.

Kate released the chemo information via a three-minute video. "The cancer journey," she says in the voice-over, "is complex, scary, and unpredictable for everyone, especially those closest to you. With humility, it also brings you face to face with your own vulnerabilities in a way you have never considered before, and with that, a new perspective on everything."

She then adds, "To all those who are continuing their own cancer journey — I remain with you."

A spokesperson for the palace says that King Charles III and Queen Camilla consider the announcement details "to be wonderful news" and will continue to offer "love, thoughts, and support to the princess on her continued path to full recovery."

The king, her father-in-law, was diagnosed with his own cancer earlier this year. He returned to a schedule of public engagements in April on a basis more limited than usual.

Additional information about the multi-pronged disease can be found in Rollercoaster: How a man can survive his partner's breast cancer, a VitalityPress book that I, Woody Weingarten, aimed particularly at male caregivers.

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