Princess Kate Middleton He has now been nominated as one of the contenders for time The magazine's prestigious Personality of the Year title.
Since 1927, time Choose the person, group or concept to make the biggest impact – whether positive or negative – over the past 12 months. Even though he won last year Taylor Swift She had an outstanding year, receiving… Ages On a world tour, the singer was surprisingly missing from the 2024 shortlist. Instead, Princess Kate was nominated for the honor alongside nine global figures from the worlds of politics and business, such as the billionaire businessman Elon Muskpodcaster Joe RoganMeta pole Mark Zuckerberg And the next president Donald Trump.
The shortlist was revealed on NBC today Show This Morning – Monday, December 9 – and the winner is scheduled to be announced on Thursday.
Ironically, 2024 was the year Kate was supposed to be out of the spotlight. She began the year behind closed doors, sparking speculation that she was not feeling well. Later in January, Kensington Palace announced that she had undergone “planned abdominal surgery” and would be out of the public eye until Easter. However, the princess addressed the world earlier than planned, last March, to end the ongoing speculation about her health, announcing in front of the camera that she had been diagnosed with cancer.
Since then she is her husband Prince William Their children, Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6, have made several public appearances, most notably in a poignant video released in September to acknowledge the princess's completion of chemotherapy. The naturally friendly and playful family of five were photographed on the beach in Norfolk, England.
The royal couple also appeared on video during the 2024 Olympics over the summer, wishing Team GB athletes well as they competed in Paris.
Since then, the Princess has returned to many of her usual public duties, Recently coming out on Friday, December 6, at the annual Christmas carol service at Westminster Abbey in London, wearing a festive red coat.
“I didn't know this year was going to be the year I just had,” she told the singer. Paloma Faith In this event. “Unplanned. But I think a lot of people this year have had such difficult times.
Kate has been widely praised for how she dealt with her shocking diagnosis and raised awareness of how cancer can affect anyone.
It has previously appeared on Time100 Most Influential People of 2013 list, as well as being runner-up for Person of the Year in 2011, the year she married Prince William.