A glimmer of light at the bottom of the darkness for Kate. The Princess of Wales, struck down by the nightmare of cancer at the age of 42, returns to hope and to give hope to her subjects and admirers with a public message to the United Kingdom in which she announces that she is making “good progress” in the treatments against the disease and that she feels ready to return to the public tomorrow, on the occasion of the key events of Trooping the Colour, the celebrations of the official (non-registered) birthday of King Charles III: almost a resurrection after more than six months of absence from the scene and three months after the release of the shock video filmed to reveal the diagnosis of the tumor, invoking privacy and respect.
The message, signed “Catherine”, arrived this time in writing through the social profiles of the British Royal Family, with previously unpublished and touching details about her battle. A battle, specifies the wife of the heir to the throne William, which remains to be won; but that you are offering her at least the space of a truce, tomorrow, with the evident comfort of the doctors’ opinion. A day that will see Kate, alongside William and their three children, George, Charlotte and Louis, parade among the people waiting on the carriage that will follow that of Charles and Camilla in the traditional military parade scheduled in the heart of London for Trooping the Color ( event at which the sovereign will in turn be present in a carriage and not on horseback, as he is also undergoing treatment for a cancer of an unspecified nature).
And then to the no less traditional greeting from the balcony of Buckingham Palace, alongside the other “senior” royals of the House of Windsor. The message is accompanied by a photo by Matt Porteous, portrayed in the park of his residence in Windsor, in which the princess reappears in all her splendor: in jeans and a light jacket under a tree, with a hint of a smile on her face while look to the sky.
“I’m not out of danger yet”, she writes bluntly in the text, pointing out that the treatments she is undergoing (with related limitations) are destined to continue for at least another few months. “As everyone who has gone through chemotherapy knows – he then says -, there are good days and bad days. On bad days you feel weak, tired, and you have to give your body a rest. But on good days, when you feel stronger, you want to make the most of being better.”
The public confession therefore becomes even more intimate. “I am learning – admits the princess – to be patient, especially in the face of uncertainty; taking each day as it comes, listening to my body and giving myself the necessary time” to try to “heal”. Her words are capable of moving and to which is added a new thank you addressed to anyone who is supporting her – even from afar – in the most difficult moment of her life, after the years of the royal fairy tale and the limelight.
A support – Kate underlines – that “really makes a difference for William and for me, and helps us get through the hardest moments”. Hard times that are not entirely behind us, as he reiterates with the caution of the Kensington Palace case, pointing out that today’s announcement does not mean a full return to public life, beyond the continuation of his “work from home” on relations with foundations sponsored by you or some possible occasional external appointment which during the summer may be confirmed or modified “at the last minute”.
But which nevertheless finally reveal the first concrete glimmer of hope since, in January, the Princess of Wales was admitted to the London Clinic for a delicate abdominal surgery following which the diagnosis of cancer would later emerge. So much so that it aroused the relief of Charles III himself: “Delighted”, in the words of a court spokesperson, to learn that “the princess” of her daughter-in-law “will be able to be present at the events” of the royal birthday. Next to him and his firstborn son.
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