London (Parliament Politics Magzine) – Britain’s Princess Kate participated in a Remembrance Day event in London, in her latest public arrangement after experiencing preventive cancer treatment this year.
Princess Kate reached for the Festival of Remembrance at London’s Royal Albert Hall sporting a black dress decorated with a red poppy, which has become a sign of respect for those who have lost their lives in battle. She was attended by her husband William and other members of the royal family and was heeded shortly afterwards by King Charles, whose wife Queen Camilla had cancelled arrangements as she recovered from a chest infection.
The Princess of Wales expressed in September she had finished chemotherapy, but her route to full recovery would be long. At the time, the 42-year-old expressed she would be carrying out a handful of public meetings later in the year. Her last public impression was in October when she met the bereaved families of three young girls who were killed at a dance class in northwest England.
Queen Camilla hopes to return to public responsibilities early next week, the palace stated. She pulled out of planned arrangements this week after her doctors advised a period of rest. She would observe Remembrance Day privately at home, the palace added.
How is William changing the approach to royal duties?
In South Africa, William informed British media that the past year had probably been the “hardest” of his life after Kate and his father Charles were diagnosed with cancer.
William visited South Africa as part of a climate-focused trip scheduled around his multimillion-dollar Earthshot Prize, designed to encourage innovations to combat environmental problems. As he scheduled to leave South Africa, William stated, in remarks published on Saturday by British media, that he was attempting to carry out his public duties “differently” from previous generations.
“I’m doing it with maybe a less R in the royal,”
he told journalists.
“It’s more about influence philanthropy, cooperation, convening, and helping people. And I’m also going to throw kindness in there as well because I care about what I do. … I think we could do with some more empathetic leadership around the world,”
William added.