Kate Middleton will make her first public appearance in six months on Saturday, June 15 when she attends the Trooping the Colour in London to celebrate King Charles ' birthday. That announcement coincided with a rare health update from the Princess of Wales herself. Kate shared on Friday, June 14 in a lengthy statement that her cancer treatment is ongoing and that she will be undergoing treatment "for a few more months.
" While she added that she's looking forward to attending the king's birthday parade with her family this weekend, Kate expressed caution as she knows she's " not out of the woods yet ." Kate's last public appearance came in December when she and her family -- husband Prince William and children Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6 -- attended the Christmas Day service in the U.K.
From that day forward, there was constant speculation as to her whereabouts. That is, until Kate announced her cancer diagnosis on March 22. During that announcement, Kate, 42, said that when she underwent abdominal surgery earlier this year, it was thought that her condition was non-cancerous.
But tests after the operation "found cancer had been present." Kate did not reveal what kind of cancer she's battling, only that she's currently undergoing "preventative chemotherapy" and is "now in the early stages of that treatment." That staggering news came after Kate's much-publicized photo editing controversy that triggered considerable complications, affecting no.