Kate Middleton ‘won’t return’ to same royal role amid cancer

William and Kate prioritized family life during last year’s trials and tribulations, with the future king branding 2024 “dreadful.” George, Charlotte, and Louis will always come in firsthand for the couple, and heading into 2025, that will continue to be the case.

Now, royal correspondent Rebecca English has shared a bombshell report that states Kate Middleton will return to royal duties, but not on the same scale as prior to her cancer diagnosis.

Put simply, the Princess of Wales’s life as a senior member of the Royal Family will not be the same.

Kate Middleton’s cancer diagnosis left the world in shock. The Princess of Wales announced the news last year in early March, and what followed was a long period of uncertainty for her, her family, and royal fans worldwide. No one knew when Kate would return to the public eye, but in June, she finally made her comeback as she appeared during Trooping the Colour.

While the princess was seen waiving and smiling and seemingly doing great at the time, royal expert Katie Nicholl claimed she wasn’t doing as well as she might have looked. The royal expert added that the future queen sat down as much as she could, though not in front of the public.

“The princess has this sort of swan-like quality about her — she’s sort of gliding on the surface — but beneath the water, I think often she’s paddling quite frantically,” Nicholl explained in June last year. “I can only imagine that a huge amount of preparation and time and effort and energy will have gone into Saturday’s appearance.”

“She was on her feet for a long period of time. There was a moment where she was watching the parade… and was offered a seat, which she gratefully accepted. That’s just a bit of an acknowledgment that she is not as strong, not as fit, as she was before she went into this treatment.”

Prince William & Kate Middleton to continue prioritizing their children

Now, a year after Kate Middleton first disappeared from the public eye in January 2024, things are looking much brighter. Last fall, she delivered the fantastic news that she was cancer-free, though she has continued to – wisely – take things slow.

For she and her husband, Prince William, the wellbeing of their children has always been the priority, regardless of their essential role within the Royal Family. The couple has ever made sure to shield their children from negativity during Kate’s cancer treatment and recovery. Although their children are royal and their eldest, Prince George, will one day be king, William and Kate want to give their brood as normal a childhood as possible.

Speaking to Hello Magazine, royal expert Ingrid Seward said that the Prince and Princess of Wales are well aware of how things can change quickly in the modern age of social media and the internet.

“Like many famous parents, they are cautious about exposing the children to too much scrutiny in this digital age,” Seward said. “They know they must produce the children at certain times, but I think they very much keep them under wraps the rest of the time.”

Steward added that compared to the royal children of previous generations, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis have a “more more ordinary and informal life” as they are “not surrounded by nannies and staff.” Although the children are known to have a nanny, Maria Borallo, who’s been with William and Kate since 2014, the royal expert said that the kids are “very much with their parents.”

“It’s very frightening for children”

Speaking on their sibling dynamic, Seward stated: “The three of them seem to get on incredibly well. They’re close in age, they all enjoy sports, they’re bound by the situation they’re in and they’re all in it together. And I think that makes them all closer.”

As mentioned, 2024 has been a very challenging year for the Royal Family, and Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis have all lived in uncertainty, possibly not knowing exactly how their mother has been doing or even what cancer really is. Therefore, Seward claimed that William and Kate will be sure to treat their children to some extra special surprises in 2025.

“Kate will be wanting to spoil them a bit, because it’s very frightening for children when their parents are that ill, so I think they will be up for a few treats this year,” she told Hello! Magazine. “I think William and Kate might take the children skiing during the Easter holidays and will probably be planning a big summer holiday, because as far as we know they didn’t go anywhere last year.”