LONDON (news agencies) — Kate, Princess of Wales, stood alongside King Charles III and other royal family members on a Buckingham Palace balcony on Saturday, making her first public appearance since she was diagnosed with cancer early this year. Her attendance at the King’s Birthday Parade comes after a difficult few months for the royals, during which both Kate and the king were treated for cancer.
Kate said she is “making good progress,” but still has a few months of treatment to go, and won’t be returning to full-time public duties just yet.
Charles has been easing back into public engagements since April following a three-month break to focus on his treatment and recuperation after he was diagnosed with an undisclosed type of cancer.
Here’s a timeline of recent events in the royal family:
— Sept. 8, 2022: Charles becomes king upon the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
— March 29,2023: Charles makes first foreign visit as monarch to Germany.
— May 6, 2023: The new monarch is crowned at Westminster Abbey.
— Sept. 20, 2023: Charles makes state visit to France, making stop at fire-damaged Notre Dame cathedral.
— Oct. 31, 2023: Charles makes state visit to Kenya; expresses sorrow and regret for past violence committed against Kenyans as they sought independence.
— Dec. 25, 2023: Charles attends Christmas service at Sandringham, the royal estate on the eastern English coast, alongside alongside Prince William, Kate, their children and other members of the royal family. It will be Kate’s last public appearance for six months.
— Jan. 16, 2024: Kate, 42, is admitted to the London Clinic and undergoes abdominal surgery. The news isn’t announced until the next day.
— Jan. 17: Kensington Palace reveals that Kate is recovering from a planned operation. Officials say her condition isn’t cancer-related but did not specify what surgery it was, only saying it was successful. They say she will remain in the private hospital for 10-14 days and be away from public view until after Easter.
Buckingham Palace announces on the same day that King Charles will be treated for a benign enlarged prostate.
— Jan. 21: Prince Andrew’s ex-wife, Sarah, Duchess of York, says she has malignant melanoma, a form of skin cancer.
— Jan. 26: Charles is admitted to a London hospital for a three-day stay for his prostate treatment.
— Jan. 29: Kate and Charles are both discharged from the London Clinic. Charles is photographed leaving the hospital with Camilla and waving at well-wishers. Kate is not pictured leaving the hospital.
— Feb. 5: Buckingham Palace announces that Charles has cancer and will receive treatment. Officials do not say what form of cancer the king has.
— Feb. 7: Prince Harry arrives in the U.K. from California to visit his father. He departs the next day.
— Feb. 11: Charles cheerfully waves to well-wishers after leaving church services near his country estate in eastern England, his first public outing since his cancer diagnosis.
— Feb. 27: William pulls out of a memorial service for his godfather, King Constantine of Greece, due to a “personal matter.” His office declines to elaborate but says Kate continues to do well.
