Kate Middleton makes surprise first public appearance since completing chemotherapy
Kate Middleton is back in action.
The Princess of Wales made her first public appearance since completing chemotherapy last month, stepping out with Prince William on Thursday.
The couple visited the Southport Community Centre to meet the rescue workers and families affected by the tragic knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in July.
Middleton, 42, paired a long brown coat with matching heels and a polka-dotted maroon dress, with her husband, also 42, wearing coordinating colors.
The Prince of Wales, who sported a gray suit, maroon sweater and brown shoes, was notably rocking the scruffy beard he debuted this summer.
Their outing comes one month after Middleton spoke in an X video about the “relief” she felt over finishing chemotherapy.
“The last nine months have been incredibly tough for us as a family,” she said, referencing her and William’s three children — Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6.
“Life as you know it can change in an instant and we have had to find a way to navigate the stormy waters and road unknown,” Middleton continued, calling her cancer journey “complex, scary and unpredictable.”
After clarifying that her “path to healing and full recovery [would be] long,” the royal teased “a few more public engagements in the coming months.”
Middleton share her cancer diagnosis in March, two months after undergoing abdominal surgery.
She had been at the center of wild conspiracy theories at the time as social media users questioned her absence from the public eye.
The princess addressed her silence by saying, “It has taken us time to explain everything to George, Charlotte and Louis in a way that is appropriate for them and to reassure them that I am going to be OK.”
Middleton subsequently attended Trooping the Colour in June, going on to make an appearance at Wimbledon the following month.
In September, Middleton reportedly hosted a meeting to discuss her Early Years campaign with members from the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood.
She has yet to divulge the type of cancer she suffered from.
