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Princess of Wales reveals pressure to put on 'brave face' after cancer diagnosis
The Princess of Wales has spoken of the pressure to put on a "brave face" after being diagnosed with cancer and the intense expectations to "crack on, get back to normal" once treatment is finished.
What felt like her most personal and extensive public reflections on her recovery journey to date came as she met fellow patients at a cancer wellbeing centre at Colchester Hospital, helping to plant roses in a garden designed to help visitors find peace. It follows recent media coverage about her decision not to attend Royal Ascot two weeks ago.
The Princess is in remission from cancer and the palace has consistently insisted there would be flexibility around her public engagements as she continues her recovery. Appearing to address the issue herself, Kate said: "There is a whole phase when you finish your treatment.
Everybody expects you to be better - go. You're done, you should be back.
But it's not the case at all." Speaking to other cancer patients and volunteers, she added: "You put on a sort of brave face, stoicism through treatment, treatment's done, then it's like 'I can crack on, get back to normal', but actually the phase afterwards is really difficult. You're not necessarily under the clinical team any longer, but you're not able to function normally at home as you perhaps once used to." Describing a first diagnosis as "a very scary journey.
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