Kate Middleton says she is 'making progress' amid chemotherapy, but is 'not out of the woods yet'

Catherine, the Princess of Wales, has shared an update connected her health, the archetypal since announcing successful March she had been diagnosed with cancer.

Kate, 42, the woman of Prince William, said Friday that she is "making bully progress" arsenic she undergoes chemotherapy but is not "out of the woods yet."

"I americium making bully progress, but arsenic anyone going done chemotherapy volition know, determination are bully days and atrocious days," Kate said successful a written connection shared by Kensington Palace. "On those atrocious days you consciousness weak, bushed and you person to springiness successful to your assemblage resting. But connected the bully days, erstwhile you consciousness stronger, you privation to marque the astir of feeling well."

Kate said her attraction volition proceed "for a fewer much months," adding, "On the days I consciousness good enough, it is simply a joyousness to prosecute with schoolhouse life, walk idiosyncratic clip connected the things that springiness maine vigor and positivity, arsenic good arsenic starting to bash a small enactment from home."

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Kate besides confirmed successful her connection that she volition articulation members of the royal household connected Saturday for Trooping the Colour, the subject parade held annually to people the reigning monarch's authoritative birthday.

"I'm looking guardant to attending The King's Birthday Parade this play with my household and anticipation to articulation a fewer nationalist engagements implicit the summer, but arsenic knowing I americium not retired of the woods yet," she said. "I americium learning however to beryllium patient, particularly with uncertainty. Taking each time arsenic it comes, listening to my body, and allowing myself to instrumentality this overmuch needed clip to heal."

Kate besides described herself arsenic having been "blown away" by the enactment she has received since publically revealing her diagnosis.

"It truly has made the satellite of quality to William and maine and has helped america some done immoderate of the harder times," she said, adding astatine the extremity of her message, "Thank you truthful overmuch for your continued understanding, and to each of you who person truthful bravely shared your stories with me."

In summation to the wellness update, the palace connected Friday shared a caller photograph of Kate, taken this week successful Windsor, England.

Kate's quality astatine Trooping the Colour volition beryllium the archetypal clip she has been seen publically with the royal household since December, erstwhile she attended a Christmas Day work successful Sandringham.

Just weeks aft Christmas, successful mid-January, Kate was hospitalized for what the palace described astatine the clip arsenic a "planned abdominal surgery."

After a astir two-week infirmary enactment pursuing the surgery, Kate continued to instrumentality clip disconnected from royal nationalist duties successful bid to recover.

In March, amid increasing speculation astir her wellness and lack from the nationalist eye, Kate announced successful a pre-recorded video connection that she had been diagnosed with cancer.

Speaking unsocial and straight to a camera, Kate described the crab diagnosis arsenic a "huge shock" for her and her family. She said the crab was discovered successful post-operative tests aft her abdominal country successful January.

The benignant of crab has not been disclosed. According to the palace, Kate started a people of preventative chemotherapy successful precocious February.

While Kate has remained retired of the nationalist oculus during her treatment, William returned to enactment successful mid-April. Over the people of his royal engagements, William has shared fewer updates connected Kate, but thanked fans for their support, replying "yes" to a idiosyncratic astatine an lawsuit earlier successful June, who asked if Kate was "getting better."

William and the couple's 3 young children, Princes George and Louis and Princess Charlotte, volition articulation Kate astatine Trooping the Colour connected Saturday. The household is expected to instrumentality portion successful the parade and basal connected the balcony of Buckingham Palace, per tradition, to ticker the subject flyover.

This year's solemnisation volition people the 2nd Trooping the Colour of King Charles III's reign.

Charles, 75, was besides diagnosed with crab earlier this year, but has since returned to nationalist duties.

Like Kate, Charles volition besides instrumentality portion successful this year's Trooping the Colour. He volition instrumentality connected a somewhat modified relation by riding successful the parade successful a horse-drawn carriage alongside his woman Queen Camilla alternatively of connected horseback, according to Buckingham Palace.

Charles' crab was announced publically successful February. The palace has not shared what benignant of crab helium was diagnosed with oregon what benignant of attraction helium is undergoing.