Kate Middleton will attend the time-honored Trooping the Colour parade this weekend, in what will be her first public appearance since she announced she’s battling cancer, she said in an emotional statement Friday.
The 42-year-old mother of three, who revealed she was undergoing chemotherapy for an unspecified form of cancer in March, said there are “good days and bad days” in her recovery — but that she’s well enough to attend the annual ceremony Saturday.
“I am making good progress, but as anyone going through chemotherapy will know, there are
good days and bad days,” she said in a statement.
“On those bad days you feel weak, tired and you have to give in to your body resting. But on the good days, when you feel stronger, you want to make the most of feeling well.”
While she plans to attend the parade honoring the King’s birthday, she admitted she’s sometimes drained by the illness and still actively fighting it.
“I’m looking forward to attending The King’s Birthday Parade this weekend with my family
and hope to join a few public engagements over the summer, but equally knowing I am not
out of the woods yet.”
When gauging whether she’s up for her royal duties, Middleton said she must tune into what her body can handle.
“I am learning how to be patient, especially with uncertainty. Taking each day as it comes,
listening to my body, and allowing myself to take this much-needed time to heal,” she said.
The Princess of Wales spoke to King Charles personally to share the news that she plans to attend the parade, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson told The Post.
“His Majesty is delighted that The Princess is able to attend tomorrow’s events, and is much looking forward to all elements of the day,” the spokesperson said.
Last week, the Princess of Wales apologized to the Irish Guards for missing a major rehearsal for the parade, which will feature over a thousand soldiers and horses along with a Royal Air Force flyover in London.
Middleton had been named the honorary Colonel of the Irish Guards, a position Charles appointed her to last year, before the illness was discovered during an abdominal surgery in January.
Middleton has been largely out of the public eye since revealing her cancer diagnosis, and she “may never come back in the role that people saw her in before,” a source told Us Weekly earlier this month.
She is currently “reevaluating what she’s going to be able to take on when she comes back” after undergoing preventative chemotherapy treatment, the source said.
Middleton shared her health woes with the world in a pre-recorded video on March 22 after speculation began swirling about why she had been noticeably absent from the public spotlight.
At the time, she said she was in the early stages of undergoing “a course of preventative chemotherapy.”