キャサリン妃、戦没者追悼行事に出席 がん化学療法終え初の公務

【ロンドンＡＦＰ＝時事】英国のキャサリン皇太子妃は９日、がんの化学療法を終えてから初となる主要な王室行事に出席し、公務を本格的に再開した。（写真は戦没者追悼コンサートに出席するキャサリン皇太子妃〈左〉とウィリアム皇太子。英ロンドンのロイヤル・アルバート・ホールで）
　キャサリン妃は、ロンドンのロイヤル・アルバート・ホールで開催された戦没者追悼コンサートに夫のウィリアム皇太子と参加し、笑顔で拍手を送った。
　このコンサートは翌１０日に戦没者慰霊碑で行われる式典と並んで、王室にとって最も重要な行事の一つ。
　コンサートには、がん治療を続けるチャールズ国王も姿を見せた。
　キャサリン妃は、議会議事堂近くの戦没者記念碑前で１０日に行われる献花式にも参列する。２日連続で公務を行うのは、年初来初めてとなる。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/11/11-18:13）

Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales, took a significant step in her recovery from cancer on Saturday as she attended her first major royal occasion since ending chemotherapy.
Kate, as she is widely known, smiled and clapped alongside her husband Prince William at the Festival of Remembrance commemorative concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
The musical event is one of the most important dates in the royal calendar, along with Sunday's more solemn ceremony at the Cenotaph war memorial, both of which honour Britain's war dead.
Catherine and William were joined in the royal box by head of state King Charles III, who is still undergoing treatment for his own cancer diagnosis.
Buckingham Palace in February announced that Charles, 75, had been diagnosed with an undisclosed cancer and would withdraw from public life to undergo treatment.
The following month Kate, 42, revealed that she too had been diagnosed with cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy.
Both have since made limited returns to public duties, with Charles recently pausing his treatment while on tour in Australia and Samoa.
Catherine said in September that she had completed her chemotherapy and was looking forward to undertaking more engagements when I can.
Last month, she and heir to the throne William visited Southport in northwest England to meet people affected by a knife attack in July that killed three young girls.
Catherine is among senior royals also due at Sunday's wreath-laying at the Cenotaph near parliament alongside political leaders, current and former members of the armed forces, including war veterans.
It will be the first time she has carried out two consecutive days of public official engagements since the start of the year.
William said this week that the past year had been brutal and probably the hardest of his life because of the twin diagnoses.
Honestly, it's been dreadful, he told reporters on Thursday at the end of a four-day visit to South Africa for his Earthshot prize initiative.
So, trying to get through everything else and keep everything on track has been really difficult.
Queen Camilla, Charles's wife, missed Saturday's concert, and was to also skip the Sunday service as she continues to recover from a chest infection, the palace said.
She hopes to return to public duties early next week, a palace spokesperson said.