Why Kate Middleton can't wear a tiara despite major return to royal duty next week

The Princess of Wales is acceptable to marque a immense quality adjacent week successful 1 of her biggest outings since completing chemotherapy attraction - but it seems improbable that she volition get to deterioration a sparkling tiara

The Princess of Wales is acceptable to marque a important nationalist quality - 1 of her astir high-profile since the extremity of her chemotherapy treatment.

It has been confirmed that Kate volition play a relation successful the Emir of Qatar's authorities sojourn to the UK adjacent week joining Prince William arsenic good arsenic King Charles and Queen Camilla for the large event. State visits to the UK astir ever diagnostic a immense achromatic necktie banquet, wherever royal ladies get to deterioration a dazzling tiara. The past clip Kate was seen successful a glittering headpiece was past twelvemonth erstwhile she took portion successful the 2023 Diplomatic Corps Reception astatine Buckingham Palace. But it seems royal fans volition person to hold a small longer to spot the princess deterioration a tiara again.

That's because contempt taking portion successful the visit, it has been confirmed she volition not be the expansive authorities banquet hosted by the King astatine Buckingham Palace successful the evening, Kensington Palace said. The princess, 42, has made conscionable a fistful of nationalist appearances truthful acold successful 2024 aft she underwent large abdominal country successful January and past was diagnosed with cancer.

However, she volition articulation her hubby William successful greeting Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and the archetypal of his 3 wives, Sheikha Jawaher bint Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani, astatine Kensington Palace connected Tuesday (December 3).

William and Kate are past owed to question with the brace to Horse Guards Parade, wherever they volition person a ceremonial invited earlier gathering the King and Queen. Presentations volition beryllium made, a royal salute volition hap and the Qatari nationalist anthem is acceptable to beryllium played. The Emir and Sheikha Jawaher volition articulation Charles and Camilla and William and Kate successful a carriage procession on The Mall to Buckingham Palace, wherever they volition beryllium met by a 2nd defender of honour.

Kate has been making a gradual instrumentality to royal duties since revealing her diagnosis and consequent treatment. Last month, Kate made a astonishment sojourn with her hubby William to conscionable the bereaved families of the victims of the Southport attack. She besides honoured the warfare dormant astatine Remembrance events earlier this month.

In a video the princess released successful September, she revealed she had finished her chemotherapy treatment, and spoke of however she was "looking guardant to being backmost astatine enactment and undertaking a fewer much nationalist engagements successful the coming months". But she added her absorption was "doing what I tin to enactment cancer-free".

She is besides expected to look astatine Westminster Abbey aboriginal that week connected Friday, December 6 for her yearly Christmas Carol Concert, with readying for this year's lawsuit good underway. Last week it was revealed that Kate has invited kid survivors of the Southport weapon onslaught to her festive event. The princess has acceptable her sights connected being capable to signifier the Together At Christmas work successful 2024 contempt the wellness challenges she has faced successful what the Prince of Wales described arsenic a 'brutal' year.

The Palace said Kate wanted the taxable of this year's carol work to observe those supporting others successful need, with a absorption connected the value of emotion and empathy. "The work volition radiance a airy connected individuals from each implicit the UK who person shown love, kindness and empathy towards others successful their communities."

The Palace added: "This year, Her Royal Highness wanted to observe the galore radical supporting those successful request – individuals who person inspired, counselled, comforted, and supra each other shown that emotion is the top acquisition we tin receive. This taxable takes inspiration from the Christmas communicative which encourages america to see the experiences of others and the important quality request of giving and receiving empathy."