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The Princess of Wales has appeared in a deeply personal video with her family to confirm she will return to public duties after completing chemotherapy treatment.
Kate's heartfelt message about her battle with cancer is expressed through images showing the Waleses and their children enjoying the outdoors, walking through the woods and the couple embracing while holding hands.
She describes the past nine months since her serious health issues began as “incredibly difficult for us as a family” and how the “cancer journey is complex, scary and unpredictable for everyone,” and the experience gave her a “new perspective on everything.”
In the video, Kate says: “My goal now is to do what I can to stay cancer-free. Although I've finished chemotherapy, my road to healing and full recovery is long and I must continue to live each day as it comes.”
“However, I look forward to returning to work and taking on some more public engagements in the coming months when I am able.
“Despite everything that has happened so far, I am entering this new phase of recovery with a renewed sense of hope and appreciation for life.”
She concluded with the princess's words of encouragement for others still being treated for cancer: “To all those who continue their own journey against cancer, I stand with you, side by side, hand in hand.
“Out of darkness light can come, so let that light shine brightly.”
The princess has been undergoing preventative chemotherapy after being diagnosed with an unknown form of cancer earlier this year.
Since being diagnosed with the disease, she has largely stayed out of the public eye and has only been seen at two official engagements since January. The mother of three attended Trooping the Colour in June and presented the men's trophy at Wimbledon in July. It is now understood that she will return to work this autumn.
Kate, who continues to work from home, hopes to return to a light schedule of public duties for the rest of the year, reflecting her need to fully recover, and is aiming for a handful of engagements in the coming months.
She is also working to appear with the royal family at the annual Remembrance Sunday service held at the Cenotaph in Whitehall.
The Princess's carol concert at Westminster Abbey has become a regular fixture in the royal calendar in recent years and she has begun working with her team on the project.
In a pre-Trooping update, she said in an emotional written message that she was making good progress but was “not out of the woods yet” and that she had “good days and bad days” as she continued her treatment.
Friends of the princess told the paper the uncertainty of her good and bad days “still rings true”.
Her return to royal duties has been slower than that of her father-in-law, the King, who was also diagnosed with cancer this year.
Charles, 75, returned to work in April with a full schedule as he continues his treatment.
