Princess of Wales Kate Middleton appeared for the first time since her cancer diagnosis earlier this year at the military parade to mark the birthday of King Charles III.
The yearly ceremony was also a show of stability by the monarchy after a difficult few months in which both the king and Kate, wife of heir to the throne Prince William, were sidelined due to illness treatment.
At the conclusion of the King’s Birthday Parade, Charles, Queen Camilla, William, Kate, and their children joined other members of the royal family on a Buckingham Palace balcony in a symbolic gesture of solidarity.
The family waved to the assembled throng as they watched military aircraft pass overhead to conclude celebrations commemorating the monarch’s official birthday.
Kate attended her first public event since December. She revealed in March that she was receiving chemotherapy for an unidentified type of cancer.