'Prince William and Kate's children say so much about the year they've had,' says royal expert Over the past year Kate Middleton has taken a step back from royal duties after revealing in March that she’d been diagnosed with cancer and was in the early stages of treatment after a cancer diagnosis.
Since then Kate, 42, has slowly returned to royal duties, including her annual Christmas carol service, Together At Christmas, which featured a star-studded guestlist with the likes of Richard and Judy, Strictly's Amy Dowden, and TV favourite Lorraine Kelly, OK!
During the summer months, the Princess of Wales made appearances at Trooping The Colour and the Wimbledon Men’s Final before announcing in September that she’d completed her chemotherapy treatment and was now focusing on “staying cancer free”.
Speaking exclusively to OK!, former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond said that they “have pulled together as a unit” despite the “brutal” last 12 months.
But we saw them at Trooping the Colour and of course in the very personal video released by Catherine to mark the end of her chemotherapy, plus the carol service and Christmas walkabout.
