Catherine, Princess of Wales during Trooping the Colour on 15 June 2024 in London, England. (Samir Hussein/WireImage/Getty Images)
Britain’s Princess of Wales has taken a first step towards returning to her work on the early-years development of children, a week after announcing she had completed chemotherapy.
Catherine, 42, also known as Kate, held a meeting at Windsor Castle, west of London, with staff from the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood, the organisation she established, on Tuesday.
The meeting was listed in the Court Circular, the official record of engagements carried out by members of the royal family, which was published in The Times newspaper on Wednesday.
The issue of childrens’ early development has been described as mother-of-three Catherine’s life’s work by aides.
Catherine, a future queen who is married to the heir to the throne, Prince William, has appeared in public on only a few occasions since the start of the year, when it was announced that she was due to have abdominal surgery.
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That announcement was followed in March with the shocking revelation that she was undergoing a course of “preventative chemotherapy” for an undisclosed cancer.
She said last week she had finished the treatment and was “looking forward to being back at work and undertaking a few more public engagements in the coming months when I can”.
The announcement in a highly emotional video came after her father-in-law, King Charles III, 75, was given the light to resume public duties in April after his own cancer treatment.
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