Princess Kate to join royals at Remembrance events this weekend - but Queen's attendance depends on medical advice
8 November 2024, 10:06 | Updated: 8 November 2024, 10:56
Princess Kate will attend both the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph and the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday, Buckingham Palace has announced.
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Kate will join King Charles, Prince William and other members of the royal family at the national commemoration on Sunday, and also attend the annual festival on Saturday evening.
However, the Queen's attendance will be subject to medical advice nearer the time, the Palace said.
Camilla, 77, is unwell with a chest infection and was forced to pull out of engagements earlier this week.
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The announcement marks the next significant step in Kate's gradual return to public royal duties as she prepares to join the family in honouring the nation's war dead on November 10.
It will be the first time she has carried out two consecutive days of public official engagements since the start of the year.
She last made a public appearance in Southport as she met rescue workers and the families of the stabbing victims.
It comes after William revealed that 2024 had been "brutal" and the "probably been the hardest year in my life" with both Kate and the King diagnosed with cancer.
"Trying to get through everything else and keep everything on track has been really difficult," he said.
"But I'm so proud of my wife, I'm proud of my father, for handling the things that they have done."
Kate announced in September that she had completed her treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer, saying her main focus was now on "staying cancer free".
Sharing a video with the family at the time, she said she was taking every day as it comes and was "looking forward" to returning to public engagements.
Meanwhile, Charles, who recently completed his first long haul overseas tour since his own cancer diagnosis, will lay a wreath of poppies at the base of the memorial, leading the nation in tribute to its fallen servicemen and women.
