Prince William offer a promise update on Princess Kate Middleton and can return to full-time royal work next year.
“I, I hope, Catherine will do more next year,” William, 42, told UK The Times in a profile published on Sunday, November 10. “So we’ll have a few more trips lined up.”
For an event including all three children as well? Those who can come out are still up in the air.
“Family-wise, you have to wait a little longer because obviously he’s in school and I think that’s a priority (over) everything,” William said.
The Prince of Wales sat down for a rare and candid interview at the end of a high-profile visit to Cape Town, South Africa for this year’s Earthshot Awards ceremony, which took place on Wednesday, November 6.
William admitted The Times that 2024 was the most “terrible” year of his life, specifically referring to his father’s cancer diagnosis and the unspecified, King Charles IIIand his wife, Kate.
“It was probably the hardest year of my life,” he said. “So trying to deal with everything else and keep everything on track is really hard.”
William noted that he was “proud” of his wife and father for overcoming health challenges this year. “It’s been brutal,” he added.
Charles, 75, announced his cancer diagnosis in February, a week after undergoing what Buckingham Palace said was a routine prostate procedure. Kate, 42, kept a low profile throughout March after “planned abdominal surgery” at the start of the year, prompting widespread speculation and conspiracy theories about her online. On March 22, the Princess of Wales announced that she too had been diagnosed with cancer. (Specifics about Charles and Kate’s diagnoses have not been announced.)
William and Kate, along with their children Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6, released a video in September offering a major health update on the Princess of Wales – Kate announced that she has completed a course of preventive chemotherapy. treatment. (Charles’ treatment is still continuing, although the King is taking a break from it during an 11-day royal tour of Australia and Samoa in October 2024.)
“He’s good,” William said The Timesreferring to his wife and her health. Kate has since slowly returned to public duties, even attending a National Service Remembrance ceremony in London on Sunday alongside senior members of the royal family.
William also spoke briefly about his wife’s condition during the Earthshot Prize ceremony on Wednesday.
“He’s doing great, thank you,” he told reporters at the time. “Hopefully, he’s watching tonight. Enjoy me.”
He added: “He’s been incredible this year. I know he’ll be desperate to see tonight be a success.