There can be few more testing times than the difficult journey the Princess of Wales has been through these past nine months.
Since her planned abdominal surgery in January that resulted in a “shock” cancer diagnosis, which she revealed in March, Kate, 42, has had to come face to face with her own mortality, while also trying to keep worries as low as possible for her children, Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, nine, and Prince Louis, six.
And while there is still some way to go, the light at the end of the tunnel came into focus when the Wales family released a heartfelt video revealing that the princess had finished her chemotherapy treatment.
It was the joyful news royal fans had eagerly waited for and underlined that, above all else, her family remains her priority. “Catherine has made it clear that from now on, more than ever, her family will come first,” former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond exclusively tells OK! “She will return to work slowly, on her own terms, and William will completely support her in this.