As for Kate—mom to Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7, with William—the engagement with Melania is the latest since she returned to her royal duties last fall after completing chemotherapy. While the Princess of Wales had been out of the spotlight following her diagnosis with cancer, following the end of her treatment she gradually returned to her public duties.
And since then, she’s shared insight into what it’s been like for her to return to a semblance of normalcy following her health battle.
“You put on a sort of brave face, stoicism through treatment,” she said during a visit to a hospital in July, per People. “Treatment’s done, then it’s like, ‘I can crack on, get back to normal,’ but actually, the phase afterwards is really, really difficult.”
She urged fellow cancer survivors to give themselves grace.
“You have to find your new normal and that takes time,” she said, “and it’s a rollercoaster, it’s not smooth, like you expect it to be. But the reality is you go through hard times.”
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