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Kate Middleton to send cancer message in 2024 Christmas card

Kate Middleton to send cancer message in 2024 Christmas card

Be prepared for a message from Kate Middleton when she and Prince William release a family Christmas card in Wales in 2024. An expert predicts the Princess of Wales will quietly send a message to the world about her ‘battle with cancer’ during holiday season.

Kate will leave her “battle with cancer” behind her in a 2024 family Christmas card in Wales.

Royal expert Ingrid Seward predicts Kate will quietly put cancer in her rearview mirror, along with a Christmas card of her and the Prince of Wales. (Kate underwent chemotherapy after announcing she was diagnosed with an undisclosed type of cancer in March 2024.)

The couple usually poses for photos with their three children: Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6. Mirrorwill not be different.

It “will definitely be with the family because that’s what they traditionally send,” she said. “I’m guessing it will be (a) nice photo of her hugging her kids.”

While expecting “close contact photography,” Seward also shared that it’s likely something Kate will want to do. send a message. In particular, she is leaving her “battle with cancer behind” and entering the holiday season and New Year with a “sweet” positive image of the Wales family.

Kate is gradually returning to her duties as her recovery from cancer continues

So what does Kate do until the Welsh family Christmas card is revealed? The 42-year-old’s main focus is continuing treatment after chemotherapy as she slowly returns to work.

“Right now I’m focused on doing everything I can to avoid cancer,” Kate said in her interview. September 2024 Health Update on social networks. “Although I have completed chemotherapy, my path to healing and full recovery is long and I must continue to take each day as it comes.”

Since then Kate has been quiet held meetings at Windsor Castlewhich is close to her and William’s cottage home in Adelaide. One of them reportedly involved discussions about her annual Christmas concert at Westminster Abbey. Another highlighted her children’s development initiative.

Kate Middleton and Prince William come under fire for their 2023 Christmas card

Prince William, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis and Kate Middleton at a candlelit Christmas concert.
Prince William, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis and Kate Middleton | Aaron Chown – WPA Pool/Getty Images

William and Kate are no strangers to controversy surrounding their Christmas cards, or family photos for that matter. Their latest Christmas card, released in December 2023, featured an image black and white photo of which George, Charlotte and Louis are all wearing jeans and button-down shirts.

A Christmas card taken by Josh Schinner in Windsor earlier this year soon came under fire for poor editing. (Many online sleuths have noticed mysteriously placed and/or missing arms and legs.) This conversation is reported to have “embarrassed” William and Kate who were “shocked” by the response.

After more controversy surrounding edited family photo for Mother’s Day Come March 2024, it’s likely Kate and William – and whoever is behind the camera for their Christmas card this year – will be paying extra attention to editing.

As for when to expect a family Christmas card from Wales, it’s atypical for William and Kate to present one on a specific date. Over the years they’ve released it anywhere from the first or second week of the month to the third.