Kate Middleton Shares Update on Chemotherapy And New Photo

Catherine, Princess of Wales, said she is making “good progress” in her chemotherapy treatment in a rare public statement about her health.

The former Kate Middleton revealed in March that she was diagnosed with cancer after a planned abdominal surgery in January. She shared that she was in the “early stages” of preventative chemotherapy at the time.

Catherine’s June 14 statement marks her first comments on her cancer treatment since announcing her diagnosis. Accompanying her statement, the palace released a new picture of the princess. In the photo, she wears jeans and a tan blazer and looks pensive standing against a tree.

Kate Middleton gives update on chemotherapy treatment

In her message, the princess thanked people for “all the kind messages of support and encouragement” she’s received since March.

“I am making good progress, but as anyone going through chemotherapy will know, there are good days and bad days. On those bad days you feel weak, tired and you have to give in to your body resting. But on the good days, when you feel stronger, you want to make the most of feeling well,” she said.

Her treatment is “ongoing” and will continue for “a few more months,” she said.

“On the days I feel well enough, it is a joy to engage with school life, spend personal time on the things that give me energy and positivity, as well as starting to do a little work from home,” the princess said in her June 14 statement.

In closing, the princess shared that she is “learning how to be patient, especially with uncertainty.”

“Thank you so much for your continued understanding, and to all of you who have so bravely shared your stories with me,” she said.

Kate Middleton to attend Trooping the Colour

She also confirmed that she will attend King Charles III’s birthday parade, a ceremonial event also known as Trooping the Colour, with her family June 15.

She hopes “to join a few public engagements over the summer,” she said in the statement, adding, “I am not out of the woods yet.”

Charles is “delighted that The Princess is able to attend tomorrow’s events, and is much looking forward to all elements of the day,” a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said in a statement.

The princess has not participated in royal appearances since her family’s annual Christmas church outing in 2023. Trooping the Colour will be the first royal event she has attended since, though she previously took time to review a report from an initiative she’s involved in, The Royal Foundation Business Taskforce for Early Childhood, a senior palace aid confirmed in May.

Read Princess Kate’s health update in full

A WRITTEN MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCESS OF WALES

I have been blown away by all the kind messages of support and encouragement over the last couple of months. It really has made the world of difference to William and me and has helped us both through some of the harder times.

I am making good progress, but as anyone going through chemotherapy will know, there are good days and bad days. On those bad days you feel weak, tired and you have to give in to your body resting. But on the good days, when you feel stronger, you want to make the most of feeling well.

My treatment is ongoing and will be for a few more months. On the days I feel well enough, it is a joy to engage with school life, spend personal time on the things that give me energy and positivity, as well as starting to do a little work from home.

I’m looking forward to attending The King’s Birthday Parade this weekend with my family and hope to join a few public engagements over the summer, but equally knowing I am not out of the woods yet.

I am learning how to be patient, especially with uncertainty. Taking each day as it comes, listening to my body, and allowing myself to take this much needed time to heal.

Thank you so much for your continued understanding, and to all of you who have so bravely shared your stories with me.