princess Kate Middleton join Prince WilliamTheir children and more members of the royal family on their annual walk to the Christmas Day church service at Sandringham.
Members of the royal family have a long-standing tradition of enjoying Annual family outing to the Church of St Mary Magdalene near Sandringham House on Christmas Day, and they continued this custom on Wednesday 25 December, despite the family's recent difficulties.
Kate, 42, wore a festive green coat and matching hat, and William, also 42, walked alongside their children: Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6. King Charles and Queen Camilla He led the royal family's procession on Christmas Day while greeting well-wishers with the pregnant woman Princess Beatrice Join the event with a spouse Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and his son Christopher 8.
The outing comes almost a year after Buckingham Palace revealed health problems for both Charles, 76, and Kate, 42. Both members of the royal family were hospitalized in January – Charles Underwent “corrective action” For benign prostatic hyperplasia and Kate had “Planned” abdominal surgery..
Charles spoke about the challenging year the royal family has faced during his annual speech on Wednesday.
“I am speaking to you today from the chapel of the former Middlesex Hospital in London – now a vibrant community space – and I am thinking in particular of the thousands of professionals and volunteers here in the UK and across the Commonwealth who, with their skill, and out of the goodness of their hearts, care for others – “Mostly to their own detriment.” “From my personal perspective, I extend a special and heartfelt thank you to the dedicated doctors and nurses who this year have supported me and my other family members through the uncertainty and anxiety associated with the disease, and helped provide strength and care. And the rest we need.”
Charles continued: “I am also very grateful to all those who have offered us their kind words of sympathy and encouragement. …We all experience some form of suffering at some point in our lives, whether mental or physical. The degree to which we help each other – and draw support from each other, whether believers or non-believers – is a measure of our civilization as nations. This is what continually impresses me, as my family and I meet and listen to those who dedicate their lives to helping others.
In February, Buckingham Palace confirmed that Charles was He was diagnosed with cancer During his hospital stay the previous month, although the type and stage were kept private. As a result, he “began a schedule of regular treatments” and postponed his public duties for the time being. Charles at last He returned to his public role In April, he continued to receive treatment.
As for Kate, in March – after months of online speculation and conspiracy theories – she announced that she had been diagnosed with… Unknown form of cancer He was in the “early stages” of “preventive chemotherapy” treatments. She added at the time that the news came as a “huge shock,” noting that she and William “were doing everything we could to address and manage this matter privately for the sake of our young family.”
Kate later confirmed in September that she had done so Completed treatmentstressing that “the past nine months” have been “very difficult for us as a family.” She said she is doing everything she can to “stay cancer free,” although her “road to recovery and full recovery” is still “long.”
Later that month, Kate is back To her royal duties, she faces the public for the first time since her health scare.
Keep scrolling for photos of the entire royal family from their traditional walk to St. Mary Magdalene Church:
