Prince William and Princess Kate spent “special time” in Scotland
The Princess of Wales will attend the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph alongside senior members of the royal family to mark the annual national day of remembrance for all those lost in war, Buckingham Palace confirmed.
The palace also said the princess will attend the Remembrance Service at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday night, a clear sign that the royal family is on the road to recovery.
However, there is still uncertainty about whether Queen Camilla will be healthy enough to attend. The Queen, who recently returned from Australia and Samoa with King Charles, has been bedridden this week with a chest infection.
According to a family friend, the princess, who was photographed in Scotland in August attending a church service with Prince William and the king and queen, is “doing well” and feeling “better ever”.
“Catherine has committed to attending two important events, Trooping the Color and Remembrance Sunday, because she knows how important they are to king and nation. She is doing very well and feels very strong and optimistic about the future,” the source told VF.com. “In fact, she and William recently took a few discreet visits to Scotland without their children, which was a very special time for them.”
Aides said the princess’s intention is to return to work full-time when she is ready and she is working on a Christmas service to be held at Westminster Abbey next month, where she also plans to Attend with family.
The palace’s confirmation that she will attend this weekend’s Cenotaph ceremony comes after the Prince of Wales spoke of having “the hardest year of my life” in an interview in the Cape Town, following his Earthshot Prize ceremony in South Africa.
The prince, who has said little about his wife’s cancer diagnosis and his father’s own battle with cancer, opened up about how the past few months have been, saying he was proud of himself. how proud of his wife and how “brutal” those times were. He added that the princess “is doing well”.
Speaking to reporters in Cape Town about these tense months, the prince said: “Honestly? It’s terrible. It was probably the hardest year of my life. So trying to stay ahead of everything else and keep things on track is really difficult.
“But I’m very proud of my wife. I’m proud of my dad for handling what they did.
But from the family’s personal perspective, it was brutal.”
When asked how the princess was “doing,” he smiled and said: “She is doing well. Good job.”
Much of the responsibility falls on William and Camilla while the king and princess undergo surgery and cancer treatment. The King, who recently toured Australia and attended the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa, is still receiving treatment but is said to be tolerating it well.
William’s comments mark a new level of openness following his wife and father’s decision to speak publicly about their cancer journey.
The prince spoke to reporters on the final day of his hugely successful tour of South Africa, which hosted the fourth Earthshot Awards.
Opening up about his plans for the future, the prince said he intended to use his platform and title to “do something good” and added that, “I’m helping people’s lives.” you and I are doing something truly meaningful.”
William’s Earthshot Initiative is a 10-year project that seeks to find solutions to many climate and environmental problems facing the world. Every year for a decade, five winners will each receive £1 million in prize money to put their ideas and innovations into practice.
