Royal New Roundup: Kate Middleton’s First Public Outing Since Surgery, Another Edited Photo Controversy & More

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Here’s all the royal news you need to know for the week of March 22, 2024.

• This past weekend, Kate Middleton made her first public appearance (since undergoing abdominal surgery in January) with her husband, Prince William, at the Windsor Farm Shop. One bystander said she looked “happy, relaxed and healthy.”

• On March 19, Prince William attended a Homewards Sheffield Local Coalition meeting at the Millennium Gallery. His latest initiative (inspired by the royal’s late mother, Princess Diana) aims to eradicate homelessness throughout the U.K.

• Following the edited family photo controversy, news outlets called attention to another photo the Princess of Wales most likely edited, which was an image taken of the late Queen Elizabeth on what would’ve been her 97th birthday in April 2023.

• On March 20, the Prince of Wales (who became the Colonel of the Welsh Guards in 2023) visited the Welsh Guards at the Combermere Barracks near Windsor. While there, the future king spoke with soldiers and discussed their future plans.

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• Following the 2024 Diana Legacy Award ceremony, Prince Harry made an appearance via video chat to congratulate this year’s award winners. For just a few moments, royal admirers got a rare glimpse of the spare’s luxurious California home and his cowboy hat collection.

• This week, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s photographer Chris Allerton revealed to the Daily Mail that rumors about Prince Archie’s christening pictures being edited are “a load of cobblers.”  The Mail reported that the photo was flagged with an “editor’s note.”

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• During her two-day solo trip to Northern Ireland this week, Queen Camilla visited Arcadia Belfast, where she was given a get-well card (by a staff worker) for her husband, King Charles. She revealed that the monarch is currently “doing very well” amid his cancer treatment.

• On March 19, King Charles (or most likely his team) showed his support for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s relaunch of the Sussex website by mentioning the new URL on the couple’s joint bio page on the royal family website.

• Earlier this week, His Majesty personally met with veterans of the Korean War at Buckingham Palace to mark 70 years since the signing of the armistice, which brought an end to the conflict.

• This week, Charles Spencer (aka Princess Diana’s younger brother) sat down with BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg and compared the public scrutiny Princess Catherine is receiving following her abdominal surgery to the judgment his late sister received by the media.

• Princess Eugenie and Zara Tindall attended a horse racing event in Gloucestershire this week. And Eugenie stole the show by rocking an all-white belted trench coat from Reiss ($560), which is still in stock.

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