Kate Middleton gives cancer update, plans to attend Trooping Color

In a message to the public, Catherine said she would attend King Charles' birthday parade this weekend and wrote candidly: "knowing that I'm not out of the woods yet. ."

Catherine, Princess of Wales, said Friday she planned to take part in a parade on Saturday marking the birthday of King Charles III, a tentative return to on the public stage after confirming in March that she was being treated for cancer.

The news, which Catherine released in a very personal six-paragraph statement, reflected both the progress she had made since she was first hospitalized for abdominal surgery last January and the long road to recovery she still faces.

"I'm making good progress, but as anyone undergoing chemotherapy you will know, there are good days and bad days," Catherine wrote.

"In these bad days you feel weak, tired and you must give in to resting your body, "said the princess. “But on good days, when you feel stronger, you want to make the most of your well-being.”

Catherine, 42, said that she hoped to participate in a few more public engagements over the summer. But the princess, who has not been seen in public since last Christmas Day, stressed that her appearance at Saturday's parade – her first in several months – did not represent a formal return to public life.

“I’m not out of the woods yet,” she wrote. “I am learning to be patient, especially in the face of uncertainty. Take each day as it comes, listen to my body and allow myself to take this much-needed time to heal. »

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