Kate thanks staff at hospital where she was treated

The Princess of Wales has made a idiosyncratic sojourn to convey unit astatine the infirmary wherever she was treated for cancer.

Catherine met aesculapian unit astatine the Royal Marsden Hospital successful westbound London connected Tuesday morning, thanking them for their attraction and compassion.

A Kensington Palace spokesperson said: "The princess wanted to marque the travel to some amusement her gratitude to the unthinkable team, but besides item the satellite starring attraction and attraction the Marsden provides."

She besides spoke to crab patients and offered them her support, successful what was her astir important solo royal engagement since her attraction ended.

It's astir a twelvemonth since Catherine's wellness problems were archetypal revealed - with an announcement past January that she had undergone abdominal surgery.

Catherine past announced successful a video connection successful March that she was successful the aboriginal stages of receiving crab treatment - and successful September released a video saying that her chemotherapy had ended.

Since the extremity of her attraction she has gradually returned to much nationalist events, including Remembrance Sunday and her Christmas carol performance astatine Westminster Abbey, which were seen arsenic affirmative signs of her recovery.

The princess has present made her archetypal large engagement of 2025 - a instrumentality to the infirmary wherever she was treated, going to spot those who helped her astatine the Royal Marsden, which specialises successful crab attraction and research.

Catherine is present becoming the hospital's associated royal patron, with her hubby Prince William already a patron.