Prince William returned Thursday to official duties, visiting a food charity and youth centre, in his first public engagements since his wife Catherine revealed a shock cancer diagnosis.The future king has attended events in an official capacity sporadically so far this year, amid the royal health woes.
In mid-January, Kensington Palace said he was postponing upcoming public engagements to be at his wife’s side at the London clinic where she underwent surgery and to help care for their three children.
William then returned to some frontline duties after Kate, as she is widely known, left hospital that month.
But he heightened speculation around her health in February by abruptly pulling out of attending a memorial service, citing a “personal matter”.
Within weeks, the princess had revealed her cancer diagnosis in a video message, and William again largely disappeared from public view.
Kate asked for “time, space and privacy” as she completes her treatment.
The couple were notable absentees when senior royals, including Charles, gathered for an Easter church service in Windsor, a long-standing annual tradition for the family.
The service was the king’s most high-profile public appearance since Buckingham Palace announced his cancer diagnosis in February.
He had been admitted for surgery for a benign prostate condition the month before but was subsequently diagnosed with an unrelated cancer.
The 75-year-old monarch has been continuing behind-the-scenes work and holding some in-person meetings and increasingly attending official events.
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