Kate holds Christmas Carol Service brain-storming session at Windsor

by · Mail Online

The Princess of Wales has held her second official meeting since she announced a carefully-managed return to official duties following cancer treatment.

Earlier today Catherine, 42, held a brain-storming session at Windsor Castle to discuss plans for her now annual televised Christmas Carol Service which will be held at Westminster Abbey later this year.

The meeting will be documented in tomorrow’s Court Circular, the official record of royal engagements.

This is the fourth year the service has been held and will be televised, as usual, on ITV on Christmas Eve as Royal Carols: Together at Christmas.

In previous years the princess has attended with her husband, Prince William, and their three children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.

The Princess of Wales  (Pictured in 2023) has held her second official meeting since announcing she would be gradually returning to her official duties following cancer treatment
A photo issued by Kensington Palace of the Princess of Wales in Westminster Abbey, where the festivities are held every year - in 2022
Princess Catherine had a brain-storming session at Windsor Castle (Pictured) earlier today to discuss her annual televised Christmas Carol Service

Members of the Royal Family and Middleton family have also joined in the festivities.

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This year’s event will no doubt have added emotional resonance given Catherine‘s recent health battle.

Just weeks after last year’s event, the princess was admitted to hospital for major abdominal surgery after which it was announced that evidence of cancer had been found. She subsequently embarked on a course of preventative chemotherapy.

Earlier this month she announced the good news that she had completed her treatment.

However Catherine also warned that her health remained an ongoing priority and her return to official duties would be slow and measured.

The Princess of Wales' Together at Christmas service will be broadcast on ITV1 on Christmas Eve
The Prince of Wales, Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte, Prince George and the Princess of Wales are greeted by The Dean of Westminster ahead of the carol service in December 2023

Last week she held a meeting of her ongoing Early Years project and this morning  she was joined by members of her Kensington Palace team as well as her and William’s Royal Foundation.

Back in June it was revealed that she had been working from home and taking meetings with her Kensington Palace-based staff.

The Court Circular entry for the latest event reads: ‘The Princess of Wales, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales held a Meeting at Windsor Castle.’