Awkward Reason Princess Kate is so inspiring by Royal expert–Find out the details
In this week's edition of Emily in Palace, our Deputy Royal Editor steps in to look at the highlights from the week.
The Princess of Wales gave a deeply personal insight into her “rollercoaster” cancer journey earlier this week when she appeared at Colchester Hospital in Essex to tour its well-being garden. Kate, who revealed her cancer was in remission back in January, told a group inside the hospital: “There is a whole phase when you finish your treatment, everybody expects you to be better – go! But that’s not the case at all.”
She explained: “You put on a sort of brave face, stoicism through treatment. Treatment’s done, then it’s like, ’I can crack on, get back to normal’ but actually the phase afterwards is really difficult. 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.
“And actually someone to help talk you through that, show you and guide you through that sort of phase that comes after treatment I think is really valuable.” She added: “You have to find your new normal and that takes time.” No wonder people find her so inspiring!
