Britain's Princess Kate announces her cancer is in remission
Catherine, Princess of Wales said that her cancer is in remission Tuesday, following a visit to hospital where she received treatment earlier this year.
In a statement on social media, the princess offered her heartfelt thanks to those who helped her and her husband Prince William.
"It is a relief to now be in remission and I remain focused on recovery.
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Kate, as she is commonly known, conducted the solo engagement at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, a world-leading state-of-the art cancer center known for its pioneering research. It hadn鈥檛 been previously disclosed that she had been treated there.
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Her Kensington Palace office stressed that she would continue to return to public-facing engagements, albeit gradually. The palace described the visit as reflecting her 鈥渙wn personal cancer journey.鈥欌�
The royal family was hard hit by health concerns last year, beginning with the announcement in January 2024 that the king would receive treatment for an enlarged prostate and Kate would undergo abdominal surgery.
In February, Buckingham Palace announced that Charles was receiving treatment for an undisclosed type of cancer. Six weeks later, Kate said she, too, was undergoing treatment for cancer, quieting the relentless speculation about her condition that had circulated on social media since her surgery.
She announced in September that she had completed chemotherapy.