Kate returns to work with low-key Windsor Castle event

The Princess of Wales has returned to official duties at Windsor Castle, diving back into an area she’s deeply passionate about.

The Princess of Wales returned to work at Windsor Castle just days after revealing she had completed her chemotherapy.

Kate, 42, held her first official meeting in more than nine months hosting a chat with early years charity bosses, reports The Sun.

Last week the princess revealed she had completed her treatment and was set to appear at a handful of engagements before the end of the year.

The official Court Circular, which lists all royal engagements, will read today: “The Princess of Wales, Joint Patron, The Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, this afternoon held an Early Years Meeting at Windsor Castle.”

Kate held an early years meeting at Windsor Castle. Picture: Daniel Leal/AFP

There were no photos of the meeting but it is understood she was joined by members of her household team and representatives from the The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood.

Kate launched the centre in June 2021 to drive awareness of and action on the extraordinary impact of the early years, in order to transform society for the future.

She had been kept up to date with the early years scheme while having cancer treatment.

In May, sources close to Kate said she was “excited” after being well enough to be briefed on the findings of a taskforce she set up to help the under 5s.

She had read a 60-page report on her early years project and said to have been “kept up-to-date” with the work which is published today, it was understood.

It comes just over a week after she released a video explaining that she’d finished chemotherapy. Picture: @KensingtonRoyal on X

The Windsor Castle event is the first meeting that has been noted in the Court Circular since her health scare, the palace said.

It is actually her first meeting listed on the register since December 6.

She spent 13 nights in the London Clinic for planned abdominal surgery.

And later revealed in a video statement that she was being treated for cancer.

She made her public comeback appearing at Trooping the Colour celebrations in London in June, then wowed crowds as she took centre stage in the Royal Box to watch the men’s tennis finals at Wimbledon in July.

Kate has earmarked joining her family at Armistice Day in November where in previous years she has watched over the King and Prince William lay wreaths from the balcony of the Foreign Office building.

And is expected to have a role in her annual Christmas carol concert at Westminster Abbey in December.

During an emotional video last week, Kate described her “relief” at finishing cancer treatment and said: “Staying cancer free is now my focus”.

This article originally appeared in The Sun and was reproduced with permission.

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