Princess Kate could return to public duties as early as next month amid signs that she is “a lot better”, a royal expert has said.
Royal author Phil Dampier has praised the princess for her “inner core of steel” and for “pulling on those reserves” following her cancer diagnosis.
Dampier suggested that with the royal’s upcoming trip to Balmoral, she could be back in the public eye by autumn.
In March, the Princess of Wales announced that she had been diagnosed with cancer and was receiving treatment.
Since revealing her health battles, she has appeared at two public events – Trooping of the Colour and the Wimbledon men’s final.
“It’s a very good sign that we’ve seen Kate twice in recent weeks, first of all at Trooping the Colour and then at Wimbledon so clearly she’s a lot better,” Dampier told The Sun.
“It indicates that she is clearly on the mend, and hopefully she’ll be back in action in a month or so, in the autumn.
“You know we can expect to see her start to gradually, slowly do some public engagements, but, as I said earlier, it will totally depend on the medical advice.”
The royal expert said they expect the diagnosis was a “tremendous shock” to Prince William but Kate has an “inner strength” and “of the two she’s probably the stronger character”.
“I think Kate has got a sort of inner core of steel. She’s quite a sort of steely character, and I think she’s a bit reminds me a little bit of late, Prince Philip,” Dampier said.
“I think she’s got a sort of inner strength and I think she’s very much pulled on those reserves.
“And I think that of the two she’s probably the stronger character, even though she’s the one who’s got the got the illness, in many ways she will be the stronger of the two in getting through it, and mainly, of course, she wants to be strong for her children.”
Since revealing her health battles, she has appeared at two public events – Trooping of the Colour and the Wimbledon men’s final
Concerns have grown over whether Kate will attend the royal family Balmoral summer getaway and an annual trip to the Isles of Scilly, in Cornwall.
Dampier added: “I think she will go up to Balmoral with William and their children, George, Charlotte and Louis.
“But it is slightly worrying, if these reports are true that William is going to take the children, possibly to the Isles of Scilly or to Cornwall, and she might not be able to go.
“That goes to show she’s possibly not completely out of the woods yet, and she’s still undergoing treatment, and she’s very much having to pace herself and rest according to what the doctors tell her to do so.”