As Kate, the Princess of Wales, returns to work at her own pace, she made a personal visit to Colchester Hospital where she spoke with cancer patients and staff about the roller coaster of diagnosis,

Kate, 43, announced in January that she is in remission from cancer. She first announced her cancer diagnosis publicly in March 2024. Kate has not shared the type of cancer with which she was diagnosed or any details of her treatment beyond sharing that she underwent chemotherapy.

You’re not necessarily under the clinical team any longer, but you’re not able to function normally at home as you perhaps once used to,” the Princess of Wales said Wednesday.