Smiling in a carriage, Princess Kate Middleton made her first official appearance this Saturday in London after the cancer she was diagnosed with in March. in the middle of a parade for the birthday of King Carlos III.
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The last appearance of the Princess of Wales, 42 years old, wife of the heir to the British crown William, dated back to December.
The following month he underwent a mysterious abdominal operation and some time later, after the uncertainty and theories published in the media about his health, The princess revealed that she was diagnosed with cancer, although no details about the disease are known.
This Saturday, Kate appeared dressed in white and with a hat of the same color that partially covered her face to attend the “Parade of the banner” (“Trooping the colour”), a protocol event organized since 1748 to celebrate the birthdays of sovereigns.
Monarch Charles III will turn 76 on November 14, but tradition dictates that sovereign anniversaries be celebrated in June, with milder temperatures, despite the fact that this Saturday was a rainy day, with a military parade and an apparition. of the royal family on the balcony.
The princess toured the Mall, the main avenue that leads to Buckingham Palace, in a carriage, accompanied by her three children, and then join the other members of the royal family after the parade and wave from the balcony.
The king, also undergoing treatment for cancer, the details of which are also unknown, made the journey in a carriage, in a military uniform, accompanied by his wife Camilla, and not on horseback as last year.
Her son William, 41, Kate’s husband, also in military uniform, made the journey on horseback, like his uncles, Princes Anne and Edward, from Buckingham Palace, down the Mall to Horse Guards Parade, a large parade square in central London.
Once this first part of the ceremony is over, Members of the royal family returned to Buckingham Palace, where they watched an aerial military parade from the balcony.
Kate, who returned in the same carriage, was smiling and waving to the crowd. On the balcony, behind her three children, George, Charlotte and Louis, Kate spoke animatedly with King Charles III, located to her left.
The popular Princess of Wales had announced her attendance at the event on Friday after indicating that she is “making good progress, But as anyone who goes through chemotherapy will know, there are good days and bad days.
The news was greeted with joy and relief among Britons present Saturday morning near Buckingham Palace to attend the parade. “I was very happy to hear the news,” he told AFPenthused Angela Perry, a teacher who came from Reading, west London. “She is our future queen, she is very important,” she insisted.
The message issued on Friday by the princess was accompanied by a photograph of her in front of a tree next to a river, taken earlier this week in Windsor, west London.
“My treatment continues and will continue for a few more months. On the bad days you feel weak, tired and you have to let your body rest. But on the good days, when you feel stronger, you want to make the most of feeling good,” wrote.
I have been blown away by all the kind messages of support and encouragement over the last couple of months. It really has made the world of difference to William and me and has helped us both through some of the hardest times.
I am making good progress, but as anyone goes… pic.twitter.com/J1jTlgwRU8
— The Prince and Princess of Wales (@KensingtonRoyal) June 14, 2024
Kate announced on March 22 in a video that she had been diagnosed with cancer, of which she did not give details. He thus put an end to two months of speculation about his health after undergoing the “abdominal” operation.
It was the second blow for the British royal family, less than two months after Charles III was himself diagnosed with cancer. The king had announced his illness on February 5.
Carlos III resumed his public activities at the end of April after the announcement of the cancer for which he has been receiving treatment. His doctors declared themselves “encouraged” by the progress made against the disease.
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