Princess Kate to join husband William on India visit in biggest foreign trip since chemo

Britain's Princess of Wales, Kate, will reportedly accompany her husband, Prince William, to India for the annual Earthshot Prize awards this week. The three-day visit will mark her most high-profile foreign trip since she underwent preventative chemotherapy for an unspecified form of cancer in 2024.

Also Read | Life-sized cake statues of Prince William and Kate Middleton unveiled at UK baking show The visit marks a significant milestone in Princess Kate's return to international royal engagements following her cancer diagnosis, which she announced in January 2024.

Later, in 2025, she announced that she was in remission and gradually resumed her royal responsibilities. The trip will also mark the couple's return to India nearly a decade after their previous joint visit in 2016. The royal couple's last official overseas tour together was to Boston in 2022 for the Earthshot Prize.

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According to a spokesperson for the couple's office at Kensington Palace, cited in the report, "For the prince, Earthshot is ultimately about replacing pessimism with possibility." "It is about demonstrating that while the environmental challenges facing our planet are serious, the ingenuity, determination and creativity being applied to solving them are every bit as powerful," the spokesperson added.

It awards five winners £1 million ($1.3 million) each for their projects. Also Read | Prince William and Kate share unseen summer moments with George, Charlotte and Louis At the awards ceremony, the royals will be joined by a number of celebrities, including actors Alia Bhatt and Rami Malek, and British pop group Take That.

The royals will also attend events linked to Indian cricket, cinema, and fashion, the Reuters report added. Follow the latest breaking news, major developments and agenda-setting stories from India and around the world with the newsdesk at Hindustan Times.

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