Kate Middleton attends Commonwealth Day service celebration after cancer battle



Kate Middleton is back in the royal game.

The Princess of Wales, 43, attended the Commonwealth Day Service of Celebration at Westminster Abbey in London on Monday for the first time in two years.

Middleton — who scaled her royal schedule back last year due to her cancer diagnosis — joined Prince William, King Charles, Queen Camilla, Princess Anne, Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester and Birgitte, the Duchess of Gloucester, for the commemoration.

Kate Middleton and Prince William at the annual Commonwealth Day Service of Celebration. Getty Images
Kate Middleton and Prince William at Westminster Abbey on March 10. REUTERS
Kate Middleton and Prince William celebrate Commonwealth Day. Samir Hussein/WireImage

The mom of three wore a red dress by Catherine Walker and a matching hat by Gina Foster. She also wore the same four-row pearl choker with a diamond clasp necklace that belonged to Queen Elizabeth that she donned to the monarch’s funeral in September 2022.

Kate Middleton at celebrations for Commonwealth Day on March 10. Getty Images
Kate Middleton arrives at the Commonwealth Day Service of Celebration. INSTARimages

Buckingham Palace confirmed last week that Middleton was set to attend the 2025 Commonwealth Day Service of Celebration, which marks the royal family’s first major event of the year.

This year’s theme is “Together We Thrive” and 2,000 guests will come together to commemorate “the enduring spirit of the Commonwealth family,” read a statement.

King Charles and Queen Camilla at the annual Commonwealth Day service ceremony at Westminster Abbey. POOL/AFP via Getty Images
King Charles and Queen Camilla inside Westminster Abbey on Commonwealth Day. Getty Images
King Charles, Queen Camilla, Prince William and Kate Middleton at the Commonwealth Day Service of Celebration ceremony. Getty Images

Middleton missed last year’s commemoration, held on March 11, 2024, because of health reasons.

At the time, Middleton hadn’t yet announced that she was diagnosed with cancer after she underwent abdominal surgery, though questions swirled about her condition following the release of a doctored photograph on UK Mother’s Day.

Middleton eventually confirmed she had cancer in a video message on March 22.

Kate Middleton attends the 2025 Commonwealth Day Service of Celebration. INSTARimages

Following her diagnosis, she mostly stayed out of the spotlight while she was going through chemo last year.

In September, Middleton announced she was “cancer free.” Four months later, she confirmed that she was in remission.

“As anyone who has experienced a cancer diagnosis will know, it takes time to adjust to a new normal,” she wrote in a statement on Instagram. “I am however looking forward to a fulfilling year ahead. There is much to look forward to. Thank you to everyone for your continued support.”

Kate Middleton at Meadow Street Community Garden and Woodland in Wales on Feb. 26. James Whatling / MEGA

Meanwhile, King Charles, 76, also missed the 2024 Commonwealth Day Service of Celebration because of his own cancer diagnosis, but like Middleton, he returned to the annual gathering on Monday.

In December, palace sources confirmed to The Post that the monarch would continue his chemotherapy into 2025.

King Charles at the annual Commonwealth Day Service of Celebration on March 10. via REUTERS

The king was originally hospitalized for a planned operation to treat an enlarged prostate in January 2024 when the undisclosed cancer was discovered. In February 2024, the palace announced that he had started treatment.

At the time, Charles canceled all in-person engagements and only returned to his more public royal duties in April 2024.



Source link

Related Posts