Princess of Wales sends touching message to sufferers and workers at hospital the place she underwent most cancers therapy
The Princess of Wales has sent a touching message to patients and staff at the hospital where she underwent cancer treatment.
In a warming tribute on Friday, Kate dedicated a beautiful bouquet of yellow narcissi to The Royal Marsden hospital in London, where she had chemotherapy in 2024.
‘To the Patients and Staff at The Royal Marsden, As spring arrives, these narcissi from the Isles of Scilly are to say I am thinking of you all,’ she wrote in the message posted on Instagram this evening.
The hospital is especially close to the royal’s heart after she was given preventative chemotherapy by doctors there following her own cancer diagnosis in 2024 after abdominal surgery.
The mother-of-three’s message comes after she sent a heartfelt gift to the hospital ahead of Christmas last year.
The tree was decorated for her annual Together at Christmas service in London on December 5, when she welcomed other senior royals, her children, and celebrities, including Kate Winslet and Katie Melua, to join her at the service – which marked its fifth year.
Staff took to Instagram to thank the royal for the touching gift, writing: ‘Thank you to HRH The Princess of Wales, Joint Patron of The Royal Marsden with HRH The Prince of Wales, for donating a majestic Christmas tree from the “Together at Christmas” Carol Service, held at Westminster Abbey earlier this month.’
The Princess of Wales, 44, has told patients and staff at The Royal Marsden hospital in London that ‘I am thinking of you all’
Kate also sent the hospital a beautiful yellow bouquet of narcissi from the Isles of Scilly
A nurse at The Royal Marsden poses with the flowers Kate touchingly sent
A nurse treats a patient at the hospital in London, where Kate had chemotherapy
The Princess marked her 44th birthday in January with a ‘deeply personal’ video about the comfort she has taken from nature during her cancer treatment, saying how ‘deeply grateful’ she is ‘to discover what it means to be alive’.
Reflecting personally on her journey and healing, talking of her ‘fears’ and ‘tears’, Her Royal Highness said: ‘Even in the coldest, darkest season, winter has a way of bringing us stillness, patience and quiet consideration.
‘Where the stream slows just enough for us to see our own reflection.
‘To discover the deepest parts of ourselves. Alongside the whispers in the pulse of every living thing.
‘I find myself reflecting on how deeply grateful I am.
‘For the rivers within us flow with ease, fears washed away, cleanse and purify. Come to peace with our tears and discover what it means to be alive.
‘To be at one with nature; a quiet teacher and a soft voice that guides. In memory. Helping us to heal.’
It came part of Kensington Palace’s ‘Mother Nature’ video series – Winter – which has a voice-over from Catherine and features footage of her on an early morning walk in Berkshire, close to her Windsor home.
Kate and William visited the RNLI Lifeboat Station on the River Thames to mark the charity’s 25th anniversary on Thursday
The Princess wore a £95 blue shirt from British womenswear brand With Nothing Underneath – along with a Catherine Walker blazer, chocolate brown cigarette trousers and new pair of suede ankle boots by Jimmy Choo
Kate stops for selfies with royal fans at the RNLI Tower Lifeboat Station in London on Thursday
The Prince and Princess of Wales onboard an E class inshore lifeboat during a visit to the RNLI on Thursday
An aide described the release as ‘the culmination of a deeply personal creative project for The Princess, spotlighting humanity’s longstanding connection to nature, as well as nature’s capacity to inspire us and help us to heal and grow in mind, body and spirit’.
In a personally-penned caption, Kate wrote: ‘The Mother Nature series has been a deeply personal, creative reflection on how nature has helped me heal. But it is also a story about the power of nature and creativity in collective healing.
‘There is so much we can learn from mother nature, as we look to build a happier, healthier world. C.’
The princess underwent major abdominal surgery in January 2024 after which doctors found evidence of cancer and she underwent a course of gruelling preventative chemotherapy.
She announced the news personally in a video message that March.
In September the same year she also revealed the news that she had completed treatment but warned that her recovery and return to royal duties would be slow but steady.
In January last year she gave the good news that she was finally in remission but again asked for public understanding about her return to public life.
