Kate Middleton will return to the royal event she missed last year

After a year, Kate Middleton will return to the annual service of the commonwealth day of the royal family, which was held this year on March 10.

The public can expect to see the princess of Wales on Monday, the Buckingham palace announced on March 5. Kate will attend the service alongside her husband Prince William and the stepfather King Charles, who also missed the 2024 celebrations; Kate and Charles were fighting cancer at the time. The king announced his diagnosis of cancer on February 5 of last year and his treatment continues; Kate only announced her own diagnosis on March 22 and announced on January 14 of this year that she was in remission.

The Commonwealth Day Service will take place at Westminster Abbey with the theme “Together we prosper”; Queen Camilla and Princess Anne will also be present, although Prince Edward and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh – generally staples of the event – will not be present. March 10 marked the 61st anniversary of Edward, and Sophie will visit New York, according to the Royal Diary.

The Commonwealth is made up of 56 independent nations which voluntarily accept the monarch of Great Britain, Charles, as head of state. A declaration from the palace said that the celebrations will be “rooted in the principles of family, unity and peace” and more than 2,000 guests will join members of the royal family during the service on Monday Tatler. The celebrations will also start the countdown of the Commonwealth 2026 games, which take place in Glasgow next year.

Kate’s attendance in the service of Commonwealth Day has always provided a avant-garde moment to the future queen. During her last Commonwealth Day service in 2023, Kate wore a two rooms printed by the navy by Erdem and wore this brand as well as Catherine Walker, Beulah London and Alexander McQueen in the past years.