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Casper Hughes

Princess of Wales to award Wimbledon men’s trophy

Princess of Wales wearing a green dress looks on and claps after Spain's Carlos Alcaraz beat Serbia's Novak Djokovic in the men's singles final in 2023.
Catherine, seen here at last year’s men’s final, has been patron of the All-England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club since 2016 Photograph: Alberto Pezzali/AP

The Princess of Wales will award the Wimbledon men’s trophy to the winner of the final on Sunday, in a rare public appearance since her cancer diagnosis.

It will be the second time she has appeared in public after undergoing abdominal surgery in January, which led to the discovery of the cancer and the beginning of chemotherapy treatment in late February. Last month, she attended the trooping the colour ceremony for King Charles’s official birthday before which she released a statement saying she was “making good progress” but was “not out of the woods yet”.

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