Nature has been my sanctuary during cancer treatment, says Princess Catherine
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Catherine, Princess of Wales, released a video on X to mark Mental Health Awareness Week.
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LONDON – Catherine, Britain’s Princess of Wales, said nature was her sanctuary over the last year in which she underwent preventive chemotherapy for cancer.
In a video posted on X, which featured footage of her and her husband, heir to the throne Prince William, as well as images of the British landscape, Catherine, more popularly known as Kate, spoke of the importance to her of the natural world.
“Over the past year, nature has been my sanctuary,” she said on the video released to mark Mental Health Awareness Week, a major campaign issue for the couple.
“The natural world’s capacity to inspire us, to nurture us and help us heal and grow is boundless and has been understood for generations,” she said.
It was almost a year ago when Catherine, 43, made the dramatic announcement that she would undergo a course of chemotherapy after tests taken following major abdominal surgery in January 2024 revealed that an unspecified form of cancer had been present.
She completed the course of treatment in September, and said earlier in 2025 she was now in remission.
In April, Catherine and Prince William visited a picturesque Scottish island to celebrate their 14th wedding anniversary, with footage of that visit featuring in her video.
“Spring is a season of rebirth, of hope and new beginnings from the dark days of winter, the outside world quietly awakens with new life, and there comes a sense of optimism, anticipation and positive, hopeful change,” she said.
“Just as nature revives and renews, so too can we. Let us reconnect (with) nature and celebrate a new dawn within our hearts.” REUTERS
