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Catherine, Princess of Wales opens up about ‘really difficult’ |
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By Max Foster and Issy Ronald, CNN |
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Source: CNN |
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Catherine, Princess of Wales has reflected on the “really |
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difficult” aftermath of chemotherapy during her first public |
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appearance since unexpectedly withdrawing from Royal Ascot two weeks |
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ago. |
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During a visit to a wellbeing garden at Colchester Hospital, in Essex, |
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England on Wednesday, the princess told patients: “You put on a sort |
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of brave face, stoicism through treatment, treatment’s done – then |
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it’s like ‘I can crack on, get back to normal.’ |
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“But actually the phase afterwards is really difficult, you’re not |
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necessarily under the clinical team any longer, but you’re not able |
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to function normally at home as you perhaps once used to,” she added. |
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visited the garden in the southeast of England to “celebrate the |
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incredible healing power of nature,” according to Kensington Palace. |
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During the visit, the princess also met with patients and staff at the |
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hospital’s Cancer Wellbeing Centre “to understand how gardens in |
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healthcare settings play a crucial role in promoting good health |
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outcomes, preventing poor health and supporting increased recovery |
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time,” the palace said. |
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Kate, 43, has underlined the importance of nature in her health journey |
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over the last year. |
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“Over the past year, nature has been my sanctuary,” she said in a |
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video posted on X to mark Mental Health Awareness Week in May. |
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Kate revealed her cancer diagnosis and that she had started |
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chemotherapy last March. As she underwent treatment, she stepped back |
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from public life and only made a few rare appearances last summer. In |
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September, she announced she had completed chemotherapy and was |
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“doing what I can to stay cancer free.” |
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Although she has taken on more appearances this year, the popular royal |
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is understood to be working to find the right balance as she returns to |
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public duties after treatment. |
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Before dropping out of Ascot at short notice, Kate had attended a |
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number of engagements in recent weeks, including two major events in |
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the royal calendar, the Trooping the Colour parade in London and the |
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Order of the Garter service in Windsor. |
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She resumed in-person duties last week when she and Prince William |
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invited Melinda French Gates for a meeting at Windsor Castle. They were |
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understood to have discussed their philanthropic work, according to |
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Britain’s PA Media news agency. |
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Kate’s visit to Colchester Hospital on Wednesday coincided with the |
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hospital accepting a donation of 50 “Catherine’s Rose” plants, a |
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specially-bred rose named in her honor by the Royal Horticultural |
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Society. She planted some of these roses, which, when sold |
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commercially, will have their proceeds donated to The Royal Marsden |
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Cancer Charity. |
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Kate has become deeply involved in the charity since her diagnosis. In |
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January, Kensington Palace announced that she had been named the joint |
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patron of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, the specialist cancer |
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center in Chelsea, west London, where she was treated. |
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Funds from the sale of these roses will be used to help the charity |
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establish a specialist program helping cancer patients live well with |
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the disease, and after their treatment has been completed. |
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