LONDON (Reuters) – Kate, Princess of Wales, appears smiling and healthy in a video posted on the website of British newspaper The Sun on Monday, the first since her abdominal surgery in January.
Aged 42, the wife of Prince William, heir to the English throne, was hospitalized for two weeks in January after what her services presented as a planned and successful operation for a non-cancerous and unspecified pathology.
Apart from a few blurry photos, the Princess of Wales has not appeared in public since participating in a Christmas ceremony with other members of the royal family on December 25, which fueled rumors about her state of health.
The rumors grew after Kate posted her first post since her surgery this month. She apologized the next day for editing the photo accompanying the post.
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In the video, filmed on Saturday according to The Sun, Kate appears smiling, dressed casually, walking and carrying shopping bags alongside her husband in a farm shop in Windsor, near their home.
“I didn’t feel like they were trying to hide who they were. But they didn’t really know how people would react because there was this whole story that came up about where they were. and I had the feeling that they just wanted to be quick here,” Nelson Silva, the video’s author, told The Sun.
“Kate looked happy and relaxed. They seemed happy to be able to just go to a store and do like everyone else. Kate looked relieved like it was a victory to go to a store. It looked natural.”
Kensington Palace, residence of the princely couple, had no comment to make on this video. Kate’s spokesperson said she is recovering well from her surgery but is not expected to return to official activities until Easter, March 31.
(Written by Michael Holden, French version Bertrand Boucey)
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