Kate Middleton to make last-minute appearance at moving event as Palace shares update
Kate Middleton to make last-minute appearance at moving event as Palace shares update
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The Princess of Wales will make a last-minute appearance alongside husband Prince William today at an emotional event. Kate, 43, will join William as he leads the nation in commemorations for Holocaust Memorial Day, where he will give a reading at a special service in London attended by survivors and guests from around the world who have spent their lives fighting extremism. The event will be the princess' first official outing since she revealed she was in remission from cancer just under two weeks ago.
The princess has been gradually returning to royal duties since her cancer diagnosis and chemotherapy treatment last year. It will be her first official appearance at an engagement alongside her husband since they visited Southport to meet emergency services there.
Kate also made a surprise return to public appearances earlier this month when she gave thanks to medical teams at The Royal Marsden hospital in London, where she received her cancer treatment. The day will be a busy one for William too as he will hold a private audience with Prime Minister Keir Starmer today as part of tradition that the heir to the throne has an annual meeting with the British PM. William and Kate's attendance at the ceremony comes as today marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp complex, and the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Bosnia, the prince’s speech be in line with the theme "for a better future".
In 2020, the Waleses when they were styled the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, joined Holocaust survivors at Westminster’s Central Hall to mark the 75 year anniversary. During the poignant commemorative ceremony, William read an extract from a letter written by a friend of his great-grandmother, Princess Alice, which described her efforts to save Jews in Athens.
