Kate Middleton is taking it one day at a time. The Princess of Wales is relishing in her favorite activities to slowly ease her back into royal duties after she announced she’s in remission from cancer.
Kate Middleton has been immersing herself in her beloved hobbies of photography, cooking, and music to help pass time and the recovery process. “Princess Catherine has been recuperating behind the scenes,” royal expert Neil Sean told Fox News. “This includes a return to ballet with her daughter Princess Charlotte, a massive return to daily nature walks, as well as [keeping up with] her photography hobby.”
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“An excellent source told me she is living in the moment and has no time for drama… or difficult family members,” the royal expert claimed. “She attended Trooping of the Colour and the Order of the Garter but felt it was too much to attend Royal Ascot. She felt exhausted. This is normal… regarding her return after cancer.”
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Kate was diagnosed with an unidentified form of cancer early last year, and has since announced that she’s in remission as of January 2025. She has slowly reentered her public duties.
An insider told the Daily Mail in June 2025 that Kate went “to hell and back” with her cancer diagnosis, and is still a “work in progress” amid her recovery. The experience has given her a lot of “mental clarity” around her priorities as a member of the British royal family. She announced her last-minute absence from the Royal Ascot as it was the third royal duty she had to attend that week.
“You put on a sort of brave face, stoicism through treatment,” she recalled about her cancer journey while visiting Colchester Hospital in Essex on July 1. “Treatment’s done, then it’s like, ‘I can crack on, get back to normal,’ but actually, the phase afterwards is really, 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,” she added. “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.”
Music was also a healing factor for Kate, and she shares her talent with her family. “One thing that she also does every single day, which she describes as the best therapy known to her, is her return to playing the piano,” Sean added. He also elaborated that William enjoys the music and she gets “at least one hour a day lost in the beauty of [the piano], playing everything from Kate Bush to Mendelssohn.”
Cooking not only serves as a way to nourish her family’s bellies, but it’s also a “therapeutic act” for her. “Catherine’s other passion has been returning her home cooking, particularly her chutney and her specialty honey from her beehive,” the source elaborated to Sean. “You lose yourself in the art of cooking, and it’s something you can share with the children, family and friends while talking about all manner of things with zero pressure.”
Royal experts have praised Kate’s ability to balance family life, self-care, and her royal duties. It has “rendered her as ever more vital, as well as a highly respected member of the royal family,” Hilary Fordwich told the outlet. “She embodies qualities admired by the British public… [And she has] a quiet resilience that’s essential to the monarchy’s future.”
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