Princess Catherine of Wales and her husband Prince William held their first joint public engagement on Thursday after she finished a course of chemotherapy for cancer, Kensington Palace announced.
The couple “came together to show support for the community and to hear how the city is recovering from a knife attack in July that left three children dead,” the palace said. Visited Southport in north-western England.
Catherine, also known as Kate, and Prince William met members of the emergency services who responded to the stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed summer dance class that also left eight other children and two adults injured Have become.
The 42-year-old couple “heard about his experiences responding to the attack and its impact on his mental health,” his office said in a statement.
The royals also met with mental health therapists who have been supporting emergency responders since the attack.
Kate Middleton announced on September 9 that she has completed her chemotherapy treatments and is attempting to become cancer-free.
In a highly emotional video message following her shock diagnosis, in which she has remained out of the public eye, she said she was on the long road to a “full recovery”.
A week later, he took the first steps towards returning to his work on children’s early years development, meeting with staff at the Royal Foundation Center for Early Childhood, which he had founded.
This was seen as another positive sign that Kate Middleton, the future queen, was making good progress in her cancer battle.
Footage from Thursday’s engagement shows Kate Middleton, wearing a long brown coat and heels, arriving at a community center in Southport after meeting privately with the families of the attack victims.
She and Prince William spent about half an hour with each of the three family groups and were delayed by 45 minutes in arriving at the centre, according to Britain’s domestic Press Association news agency.
It said Prince William could be heard apologizing to guests waiting upon arrival.
Unrest and rioting broke out in more than a dozen English towns and cities in the week following the Southport incidents, with authorities blaming misinformation over the identity of the alleged attacker.
Axel Rudakubana, who was 17 at the time, has been charged with murder and attempted murder in the stabbing.
He is due in court for a hearing later this month.
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