Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, announced in March 2024 that she was diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer. In January, the mother of three said she was in remission.

Kate, as Prince William’s wife is commonly known, has been gradually returning to public duties since last fall, when she announced that she had completed chemotherapy and would return to work. At the time, she said her road to full recovery would be long and she would “take each day as it comes.”

Kate Middleton is carefully pacing her return to public life amid her last-minute decision to skip Royal Ascot