Kate Middleton Plans for the Holidays as She Hosts Meeting for Annual Christmas Carol Service

Mar. 15, 2025

Kate Middleton at her Together at Christmas Carol Service on December 8, 2023.Photo:Jeff Spicer/Getty

Jeff Spicer/Getty

Kate Middletonis planning for the holidays!

The Princess of Wales — who revealed on Sept. 9 that she hadfinished her chemotherapy treatment— has been looking ahead to her annual Christmas carol service.

Kate, 42, held a meeting at Windsor Castle on Sept. 24 with members of her team from Kensington Palace and the Royal Foundation, which she shares with her husbandPrince William, 42, to discuss the plans. It raises the prospect that she and her family — including childrenPrince George, 11,Princess Charlotte, 9, andPrince Louis, 6 — will attend the service at Westminster Abbey.

Kate’s meeting on Sept. 24 was listed in the court circular — the official rundown of duties the royal family undertakes — which is published in U.K. newspapers includingThe Times.It read simply: “The Princess of Wales, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, this morning held a Meeting at Windsor Castle.”

Princess Kate and Prince William and their three children at last year’s carol service at Westminster Abbey on Dec. 8, 2023.Chris Jackson/Getty

Chris Jackson/Getty

It was her second meeting to have been officially listed in just over a week. On Sept. 17, she heldanother one with aides and stafffrom herRoyal Foundation Centre for Early Childhoodto discuss the progress of her ongoing mission to help children, parents and carers of the under-fives.

The latest news of Kate’s work amid her recovery from cancer treatment came a few days after she and William were photographed driving to church at Crathie Kirk, near Balmoral Castle, Scotland, where they had been staying withKing Charles, 75, andQueen Camilla, 77.

While she has been holding meetings with her palace officials periodically since June, these two meetings were the first ones to be listed formally.

Princess Kate and her family at Sandringham, Norfolk, U.K. on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2023.Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty

Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty

On Sept. 9 when Katerevealed that her chemotherapy was overin an emotional video alongside her family, she said that she was “looking forward to undertaking a few more public engagements in the coming months.”

At the time, those close to her said that she was likely to undertake a light program of work and that she had continued working from home, taking meetings, reading up on important happenings and making calls.

One possible outing was said to be the carol service, along with joining the King for the U.K.’s annual Remembrance Day service in London in November.

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William appeared to reiterate that message when he told well-wishers in Llanelli, Wales on Sept. 10 that, while Kate’s progress was “good news,” there was"still a long way to go."

source: people.com