Princess Kate has been lauded as she builds up to her first public appearance since the end of her chemotherapy treatment.
In an emotional video clip released just 10 days ago, the Prince and Princess of Wales confirmed Kate was "looking forward to being back at work and undertaking a few more public engagements in the coming months".
And then, on Tuesday night, Kate featured in the Court Circular for the first time since starting her treatment earlier this year, holding an "Early Years meeting" at Windsor Castle as part of her work with the Royal Foundation.
Speaking on The Royal Record, GB News' Royal Correspondent Cameron Walker and GBNews.com's Royal Editor Svar Nanan-Sen detailed what the public can expect to see as Kate comes back.
The Princess of Wales made a brief return to action at Wimbledon over the summer
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Cameron said: "Her first official work meeting has been recorded in the Court Circular since she started cancer treatment back in February.
"Of course, she'd had meetings before trooping Trooping the Colour in June - we know that she had started working from home before that, having meetings with her communications secretaries or private secretaries, but those meetings are not recorded in the Court Circular.
"This one has been, and that's because it's an official work meeting. So presumably she had her official household team with her, but also perhaps some external staff from the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood, because the meeting was at Windsor Castle - a five-minute drive or so from Adelaide Cottage, her home in Windsor.
"It looks like a very small positive step for her."
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Svar highlighted how Kate was "hoping to do a few public engagements before the end of 2024" in her video message
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Svar praised her return to duty saying: "This is promising... It's come so soon after the video announcement confirming that she's finished her chemotherapy treatment.
"Within that message, she outlined the fact that she's hoping to do a few public engagements before the end of 2024 - I think this is a step in the right direction.
"And I think this is building up now to a public return... We've heard that Remembrance Sunday in November has possibly been earmarked as a return. It may come before that.
"If not, the carol service in December is also a potential return date. But I think that this is a sign now that Kate's readying up to make a return to public duties."
Cameron agreed, saying: "I would suggest that would be her wish - that she could perhaps carry out a public Early Childhood engagement, for example, before the end of the year.
"Kensington Palace will be very careful to make sure that she isn't running before she can walk," Cameron said
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"But Kensington Palace will be very careful to make sure that she isn't running before she can walk.
"There is a big difference between travelling five minutes up the road to Windsor Castle for a private meeting, away from cameras and the public, and having to travel potentially hundreds of miles to the other end of the country to attend a public engagement to do with Early Years.
"We are getting the sense really still that she has good days and bad days with her health - but, of course, she has completed her course of preventive chemotherapy.
"Prince William alluded to that only a couple of weeks ago, telling some well-wishers in South Wales that it's good news that the Princess has clearly finished chemotherapy.
"But there is still a long way to go... and what Kensington Palace doesn't want to do is confirm that the princess is going to be doing X engagement, for example, then she has to pull out last minute because she's having a bad day - then the inevitable hysteria which would explode online... is just not worth it.
"So if there is going to be an engagement, I suspect it's going to be announced very, very close to the time indeed."
