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LONDON (AP) — The Princess of Wales said on Friday that she was making “good progress along with her cancer treatment and can King Charles III. 's ceremonial birthday parade on Saturday, Kate's first public appearance since her diagnosis.
The 42-year-old woman from Prince William has not had any public appearances this 12 months. She announced in March that she was undergoing chemotherapy for an unspecified sort of cancer.
“I am making good progress but as anyone going through chemotherapy knows, there are good days and bad days,” Kate said in a press release released Friday, adding that she still has “several months” of treatment ahead of her.
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“I'm looking forward to attending the King's Birthday Parade with my family this weekend and hope to do some public appearances over the summer. But I also know I'm not out of the woods yet,” Kate said.
The announcement is a big milestone, but doesn’t mean Kate will return to her public duties full-time. The palace released a brand new photo of Kate, taken in Windsor earlier this week, showing her next to a tree, dressed casually in jeans and a blazer.
The palace said the royal was “delighted” that Kate will attend Trooping the Colour, also generally known as the King's Birthday Parade. It is an annual military parade that celebrates the monarch's official birthday in June. King Charles III, who can be being treated for an unspecified sort of cancer, is predicted to oversee the ceremony, which is able to see troops in full dress uniform parade past the royal with their ceremonial flag or “colour”.
Kate is predicted to depart from Buckingham Palace in a horse-drawn carriage with the couple's children – Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6 – after which watch the ceremony from a constructing next to the parade ground. She may make a conventional appearance on the balcony of Buckingham Palace with other royals.
Kate's announcement in March got here after speculation about her health and absence from the general public eye swirled on social media. She has revealed few details about her illness, which was discovered after what she described as major abdominal surgery in January.
In a video message in March, Kate said the diagnosis had been “a huge shock and William and I have done everything we can to process and cope with this privately for the benefit of our young family.”
On Friday, Kate thanked the general public and said she was “overwhelmed by all the kind messages of support and encouragement.”
“I'm learning to be patient, especially in times of uncertainty. I'm taking each day as it comes, listening to my body and giving myself much-needed time to heal,” she said. “Thank you for your continued understanding and to everyone who has so bravely shared their stories with me.”
Charles, 75, announced his cancer diagnosis in February and has recently returned to the general public eye. He took part in commemorations this week on the eightieth anniversary of D-Day, the Invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe on June 6, 1944.
Charles is predicted to travel to the event on Saturday in a carriage with Queen Camilla and is predicted to follow the ceremony seated on a podium fairly than on horseback as he did last 12 months.
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