Kate Middleton wore a symbolic pair of earrings connected to Princess Diana at the Royal Marsden Hospital on Jan. 14, when she visited cancer patients and staff and announced she is in remission.

We don’t need to know what cancer she had,” said one woman who spoke to Kate on Tuesday. “We just know she’s been through surgery, she’s been through chemo—and one year later, my goodness, look, she is here.

Shortly before announcing her cancer is in remission, Kate rang in the new year by heading to the French Alps with her family. Prince William and their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte,

Princess Kate Middleton took a ski trip with her family before announcing her cancer is in remission, The Mail on Sunday reports. Middleton, 43, and Prince William, 42, traveled from their home in the U.

It is hard for the royal family members to do the normal everyday things that commoners do, especially if you are Kate Middleton or her husband, Prince William. Kate is always in the public eye, especially in the year since her abdominal surgery turned into preventative cancer treatments and her eventual cancer remission.