The three children of princes of walesJorge, Carlota and Luis, congratulated their father, Guillermo, this Sunday on the occasion of the Father’s day in the United Kingdom, in the first message they sign on social networks.
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“We love you, dad. Happy Father’s Day,” says the message signed by the initials of the three and accompanied by a photo taken by the Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton.in which her children appear from behind, hugged by Guillermo and looking towards the sea on a beach.
According to Kensington Palace – the official residence of the Princes of Wales – Kate took the photo on a trip to the Norfolk coast, in eastern England, last month.
Shortly before, Guillermo himself had shared another snapshot on his networks in which he appears as a child playing with a ball with his father, King Charles, in which he also wished his father a happy day.
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This last image dates from June 1984, in Kensington Gardens, just a few months before her little brother, Prince Harry, was born.
These messages come 24 hours after the Princes of Wales experienced a special day with Kate’s first public appearance this year, after being diagnosed with cancer, which she announced last March.
Kate Middleton’s first official appearance after cancer diagnosis
Smiling in a carriage, Princess Kate made her first official appearance in London on Saturday after the cancer she was diagnosed with in March, on the occasion of the parade for the birthday of King Carlos III.
The last appearance of the Princess of Wales, 42 years old, wife of the heir to the British crown William, dated back to December. The following month she underwent a mysterious abdominal operation, prior to the announcement of her cancer, of which no details are known.
Kate, dressed in white and with a hat of the same color that partially covered her face, attended the “Banner Parade” (“Trooping the color“), a protocol event organized since 1748 to celebrate the birthdays of sovereigns.
The Princess of Wales rides a float from Buckingham Palace to attend the Trooping the Color parade in London, Britain, on June 15, 2024.
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The monarch will turn 76 on November 14, but tradition dictates that sovereign anniversaries be celebrated in June, with milder temperatures, despite the fact that this Saturday was a rainy day, with a military parade and an appearance by the royal family on the balcony.
The princess toured the Mall, the main avenue that leads to Buckingham Palace, in a carriage, accompanied by her three children, and then joined the other members of the royal family after the parade and waved from the balcony.
The British press applauded his return with photos on the cover of their Sunday editions: “Super soldier,” headlined the tabloid The Sun. The Mail on Sunday called it “a day that lifted the nation’s hearts”, as did the Daily Telegraph: “Our fair lady lifts the nation’s spirits.”
The king, also undergoing treatment for cancer, the details of which are also unknown, also made the journey in a carriage, in a military uniform, accompanied by his wife Camilla, and not on horseback as last year.
Her son Guillermo, 41, Kate’s husband, also in military uniform, made the journey on horsebackas did his uncles, Princes Anne and Edward, from Buckingham Palace, down the Mall to Horse Guards Parade, a large parade square in central London.
Once this first part of the ceremony was over, the members of the royal family returned to Buckingham Palace, where they watched an aerial military parade from the balcony.
Kate, who returned in the same carriage, was smiling and waving to the crowd. On the balcony, behind her three children, George, Charlotte and Louis, Catherine spoke animatedly with King Charles III, situated to her left.
The popular Princess of Wales had announced her attendance on Friday to the event after indicating that he is “making good progress, but as anyone who goes through chemotherapy will know, there are good days and bad days.”
The Princess of Wales, Catherine, revealed her reappearance tomorrow Saturday on the birthday of King Charles III, ‘Trooping the Colour’, in a written message released by Kensington Palace – her official residence – along with a recent photo.
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The news was greeted with joy and relief among Britons present Saturday morning near Buckingham Palace to attend the parade. “I was very happy to hear the news,” an enthusiastic Angela Perry, a teacher who came from Reading, west of London, told AFP. “She is our future queen, she is very important,” she insisted.
Nicky Weech, a bank employee, came to see “the show.” “We wish him good luck,” she added.
The message issued by the princess on Friday was accompanied by a photograph of her in front of a tree next to a river, taken earlier in the week in Windsor, west of London.
“My treatment continues and will continue for a few more months. On the bad days you feel weak, tired and you have to let your body rest. But on the good days, when you feel stronger, you want to make the most of feeling good,” wrote.
EFE AND AFP
