Prince William and Kate Middleton release poignant Christmas card after ‘brutal’ year
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The card appears to be a still taken from a video from earlier this year, when Kate announced she was cancer free. The Prince and Princess of Wales have released their traditional Christmas card, with a touching nod to a moment of hope the family enjoyed during an otherwise “dreadful” year involving cancer treatment a spate of gruelling royal scandals.
William and Kate wrote on Instagram: “Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas” in posts on social media, accompanied by a video showing a card with a happy photograph of the family, as animate snow drifts through the frame. The photo on their Christmas card appears to be a still taken from a video from earlier this year, when Kate announced she was cancer free.
The Prince and Princes of Wales released the card after skipping the annual royal pre-Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace, hosted by King Charles. They have already reportedly travelled to Norfolk with their children ahead of the family’s normal Christmas celebrations at Sandringham, after what has been a grueling year for the royals.
Their year began with Kate having abdominal surgery and stepping back from the spotlight and royal engagements, which soon led to widespread conspiracy theories about what had happened to the Princess. Partially in a bid to quell those rumours the family released an image of Kate with her children George, Charlotte and Louis on Mother’s Day, but the image only fuelled conspiracies after picture agencies took the unusual step of withdrawing a royal family photo on suspicions it had been digitally altered.
