EXCLUSIVE: Kate Middleton is ‘the ultimate trooper’ for appearing at royal ceremony amid cancer battle: expert

Trooping the Color is an annual event celebrating the monarch’s birthday. Kate Middleton is putting on a brave face.

The Princess of Wales is currently battling cancer, but she still made her first public appearance in months to attend today’s Trooping the Color event. A royal expert who was in attendance shares details of Middleton’s arrival, and how showing up to the ceremony makes her “the ultimate trooper.”

“Catherine’s look was similar to Audrey Hepburn in ‘My Fair Lady,'” Kinsey Schofield, host of the “To Di For Daily” podcast, told Fox News Digital of Middleton’s fashion for the event. She wore a white knee-length dress with navy details and a matching hat with white heels.
“She was beautiful,” she added. “One person in the crowd described her as porcelain. She was particularly engaged with the children in the carriage. The crowd roared when the King’s carriage approached and peaked when they realized that Catherine was close behind.”

Schofield also said that as the family returned to Buckingham Palace in their carriage, “the rain came down so hard on the crowd that the family visibly reacted. The children definitely felt some sympathy!” She added, “There was likely a bump in attendance after Catherine’s announcement yesterday despite the rain.”

“Catherine is a leader,” Schofield told Fox News Digital, “and I feel saddened that she likely felt the need to show her face with speculation and misinformation continuing to spread online – especially in this weather! She is the ultimate trooper.” Middleton’s appearance at Trooping the Color marks the first time the royal has attended an event since she revealed her cancer diagnosis in March. It’s also her first public appearance since Christmas.

Yesterday, she released a statement on social media, telling followers, “I am making good progress, but as anyone going through chemotherapy will know, there are good days and bad days. On those bad days you feel weak, tired and you have to give in to your body resting. But on the good days, when you feel stronger, you want to make the most of feeling well. ”

She continued, “My treatment is ongoing and will be for a few more months. On the days I feel well enough, it is a joy to engage with school life, spend personal time on the things that give me energy and positivity, as well as starting to do a little work from home.”
Princess Catherine of Wales.