Catherine, the Princess of Wales, will miss an important military ceremony next month as she continues her cancer treatment, Kensington Palace has confirmed.
Bearing the honorary rank of Colonel in Chief of the Irish Guards, Kate, 42, would normally take part in the Colonel’s Review, a ceremonial military event which takes place in London on June 8.
The Review is the traditional rehearsal for June 15’s world-famous Trooping the Colour.
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Lieutenant General James Bucknall, KCB, CBE, will carry out the role of Inspecting Officer on behalf of the princess as she continues her recovery.
The princess, wife of the heir to the throne, Prince William, has not been seen in public since she revealed she had cancer, in a video in March this year. Kate said she was undergoing “a course of preventative chemotherapy” on the advice of her medical team.
The video was released after months of fervent speculation about her whereabouts after Kensington Palace — the Prince and Princess of Wales’ official residence and office — said she would be taking a step back from public duties as she recovered from a planned abdominal surgery.
Kate’s children, George, 10, Charlotte, 8, and Louis, 5, have also largely been out of the public eye since her surgery.
King Charles III was himself diagnosed with cancer in February and has been undergoing treatment. Doctors discovered the disease after he was hospitalised with an enlarged prostate, although the palace has said he does not have prostate cancer.
Just days ago, sources close to the royal family confirmed the princess had “turned a corner” in her treatment.