The Princess of Wales is officially in remission, and is looking back on a key thing that got her through treatment.
Kate Middleton is in remission from her cancer, and to honor her treatment, the Princess of Wales stopped by the Royal Marsden Hospital to visit cancer patients and spoke with those undergoing chemotherapy, which led to her sharing her own experiences with the disease. According to the princess, there was one specific item that kept her going that she didn’t think she would miss after being done with chemo.
Daily Mail reported that Middleton spoke with Katherine Field, a patient at the hospital who wore a cold cap (to prevent hair loss). While speaking with Field, Middleton reportedly made a gesture to her arm and chest chest to talk about the port she received to deliver the chemotherapy medicine.
“I got so attached to it,” Middleton told the patient and joked that she grew to love her port—an implantable device that typically attaches to a vein in the chest to give chemotherapy treatment, as opposed to a needle in the arm, according to the Cleveland Clinic—so much that she hesitated when she was told, “you can have it taken out” by doctors.
Now that Middleton is in remission, she going to continue to take her time to recover, but will also give back to the community that helped to support her during her journey.
“It is a relief to now be in remission and I remain focussed on recovery,” she wrote on X. “As anyone who has experienced a cancer diagnosis will know, it takes time to adjust to a new normal. I am however looking forward to a fulfilling year ahead. There is much to look forward to. Thank you to everyone for your continued support.”
"In my new role as Joint Patron of The Royal Marsden, my hope is, that by supporting groundbreaking research and clinical excellence, as well as promoting patient and family wellbeing, we might save many more lives, and transform the experience of all those impacted by cancer," she continued in her emotional message. "It is a relief to now be in remission and I remain focussed on recovery. As anyone who has experienced a cancer diagnosis will know, it takes time to adjust to a new normal. I am however looking forward to a fulfilling year ahead. There is much to look forward to. Thank you to everyone for your continued support."