
Kate Middleton, who has been almost entirely absent from royal duties this year due to a devastating cancer diagnosis, will continue to maintain a much lower profile than before, with less frequent public engagements even after her expected full recovery, sources tell The Daily Beast.
Sources say the Princess of Wales’ treatment for cancer is understood to be going well, but that her “brush with mortality” will lead her to focus on her family and children.
On a positive note, reports that Kate is intending to travel to Balmoral for the traditional royal summer vacation coincides with friends telling The Daily Beast that her ongoing treatment for cancer is progressing well.
It is thought the smaller Wales family are unlikely to travel this year to Tresco, a small island off the coast of Cornwall, where they have often spent summer holidays. However, The Daily Beast has been told that the couple are aiming to be in Balmoral either for the opening of the grouse-shooting season on Aug. 12 or shortly thereafter.
William and Kate both shoot.
One friend of the couple told The Daily Beast: “Kate has been exceptionally open and honest about her health. Making two appearances before the summer break, at Wimbledon and Trooping the Colour, was a clear signal that she is doing well. That is what we are hearing privately as well—it’s not over but there is lots of optimism, lots of positivity.”
The friend said: “It is obviously still an incredibly worrying time but all the signs are that her cancer treatment, which is ongoing, is progressing well.”
Another source, a Buckingham Palace insider, said they understood there was no sense that Kate was expected to be back on duty for the traditionally busy period of royal engagements that kicks off in the first week of September and runs through to Christmas.
The source said: “There is still nothing in her diary. My understanding is that people are going to have to get used to seeing a lot less of Kate. The priority for her now is going to be family and the children. The youngest of those kids, Louis, is only 6.
“Like a lot of people who have a brush with mortality, Kate is going to prioritize the things that matter to her from now on. In her case, that means her kids.”
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This makes sense. It’d be nice to see her pop out for the fall but I wouldn’t be surprised at all if we don’t see her until Christmas. She’s still going through treatment!
She’s not the heir. If she doesn’t want to work much that’s fine. If she’s actually parenting her kids then even better.
Still waiting to see if they send George away in the fall.
Eh, there was an article a few weeks ago where someone actually saw them in Tresco😂 and one of the bloggers who is usually reliable when it comes to these things also reported on it, so the “sources” here seem unreliable.
I think this is similar to the articles from a few months ago, that said that Kate won’t go in public this year at all, because her office wasn’t confirming major royal events in the fall, However, her 2 appearences were confirmed just before it, based on how she felt on the day.
She’s probably finishing up her chemotherapy now, and if the doctors decide she doesn’t need another round, then I expect they’ll make an announcement early September as the children return to school and she’ll start slowly returning by then.
Isn’t the Daily Beast the ones who said we wouldn’t see her for the rest of the year and then she dropped the article about her return to public life? Grain of salt…
I really wish people would just leave her alone. She is such an amazing woman, if she can just be left to do her thing everyone will win. She seems to be that kind of person, I wish her only the best and as much privacy as she needs to heal and thrive.

As if anyone from KP talks to Daily Beast. They have been banging about since months 🤦🏽♀️ just leave her alone
Good for her. Just wish us poors could do the same thing.
I wouldn’t believe anything that Sykes writes. He gave us a story of Kate’s big Easter coming back, 3 days later we got a cancer video. He gave us a story about how Charles is more ill than it is known, and Charles announced coming back to public life day after. So, not much of a reliable journo.