The Princess of Wales will attend two remembrance events this weekend, Buckingham Palace has said, as she gradually returns to public duties after her treatment for cancer.
Catherine will join the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph on Whitehall and the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall alongside King Charles and the Prince of Wales to honour the nation’s war dead.
The announcement came after William spoke of how 2024 had been “brutal” and “probably the hardest year in my life”, with Catherine and Charles having been diagnosed with cancer.
When asked about his year, William said: “Honestly, it’s been dreadful. It’s probably been the hardest year in my life.
“So, trying to get through everything else and keep everything on track has been really difficult.
“But I’m so proud of my wife, I’m proud of my father, for handling the things that they have done. But from a personal family point of view, it’s been, yeah, it’s been brutal.”
Catherine, who revealed eight months ago she had an undisclosed form of cancer, will attend the annual Festival of Remembrance on Saturday evening and the national commemoration at the Cenotaph on Sunday.
It will be the first time she has carried out two consecutive days of public official engagements since the start of the year.
Queen Camilla’s attendance over the weekend will be subject to medical advice nearer the time as she has a chest infection and had to pull out of engagements this week.
In a video Catherine released in September, she revealed she had finished chemotherapy treatment and spoke of how she was “looking forward to being back at work and undertaking a few more public engagements in the coming months”.
But she added her focus was “doing what I can to stay cancer free”.
Charles, who recently completed his first long-haul overseas tour since his cancer diagnosis, will lay a wreath of poppies at the base of the Cenotaph on Sunday.
