Catherine, Princess of Waleswill make a rare public appearance after her cancer diagnosis to participate Wimbledon men’s final on Sunday, Kensington Palace confirmed.
Kate, wife of heir to the throne Prince William, will be in the Royal Box on Center Court to watch defending champion Carlos Alcaraz play Novak Djokovic. She will hand out the winner’s trophy.
However, the 42-year-old king will not attend Saturday’s women’s final between Jasmine Paolini and Barbora Krejcikova. Wimbledon organizers said the winner’s trophy will instead be presented by Deborah Jevans, the president of the All England Club.
Kate has been patron of the All England Club since 2016, with ceremonial duties that include presenting the winners’ trophy after each men’s and women’s singles final.
But she has only made one public appearance since announcing in March that she had been diagnosed with cancer, which would be attending the birthday parade for King Charles III last month.
Kate released a statement before that event said she was “making good progress” but still had “good days and bad days” as she continued her treatment.
She said she had been “blown away by all the kind messages of support and encouragement over the last few months. It really has made a world of difference to William and me and has helped us both through some of the more difficult times.”
Prince William has also been a regular in the Wimbledon finals but will not feature in Sunday’s match. He will instead attend the football final between England and Spain at the European Championship in Germany. William is chairman of the English Football Association.
Queen Camilla, wife of King Charles III, visited Wimbledon on Wednesday.