The Princess of Wales made a public appearance over the weekend , her first one this year and the first since she announced her cancer diagnosis. Catherine joined the royal family at the Trooping of the Colour, much to the delight of royal fans. The Princess, who is still undergoing chemotherapy , joined the King’s Birthday Parade by car, and was then spotted in the Glass State Coach with her three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis , as they made their way to Horse Guards Parade for the full pomp and ceremony of Britain’s Armed Forces.
She then joined others in the royal family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch the traditional flypast. While many a headline was written about the Princess’ appearance, which does not mean a return to her full duties, one particular piece has received wide backlash on social media. In a column for Britain’s Daily Telegraph, writer Allison Pearson wrote that Catherine’s “selfless display was the tonic that Britain needed”.
While the sentiment was not offensive, one particular phrase generated a lot of commentary online. “Two words: Thank you,” Pearson said at the start of her piece. But rather than stop at those two words, she continued: “Thank you Princess of Wales for being an absolute trouper and attending Trooping the Colour on a cold, grey day when lesser mortals with your illness would have stayed home, tucked up in their jim-jams.
” “When lesser mortals would have stayed at home,.
