Kate Middleton is ready to take another step towards her inclusion in official life. Since last September, when she announced that she had finished treatment for the cancer she was diagnosed with earlier in the year, the Princess of Wales has been making public commitments, more or less light and gradual. Now he is ready to take another step and King Charles and Camilla have confirmed his presence at the most important institutional event scheduled for the first week of December: the state visit of the Emir of Qatar. Prince William’s wife has not attended such a meeting for a year.
© GTRESIt will be next December 3 when the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, will land in the UK for a state visit which will last 48 hours and where he will be accompanied by his wife Sheikha Jawah bint Hamad bin Suhaim. Al Thani. An invitation that has been extended by the British sovereign and will mark the first meeting between them since 2023, since they attended the coronation of Charles III. Buckingham Palace will serve as the King’s host, but, as usual at such meetings, the Princess of Wales will host the reception at Kensington Palace on behalf of the King.
Kate Middleton is expected to attend the traditional carriage procession which is offered as a welcoming ceremony and which runs through The Mall and is accompanied by a battalion of the Royal Guard. It is similar to an event, involving the participation of the Welsh and Irish Guards. The event took place in November last year when the Prince of Wales accompanied the Head of State and the First Lady of Korea.
Later, they will visit an exhibition at the Royal Collection Trust and the Turquoise Mountain Foundation’s picture gallery of Qatar-related objects before traveling to Westminster Abbey. The Amir will also travel to the Palace of Westminster, where he will be received by the Black Rod, the Lord Great Chamberlain, the Speaker of the House of Commons and the Lord Speaker, the highest official authority of the British Parliament. .
© Getty ImagesOn the same night, Kings Charles and Camilla will offer the traditional state banquet at Buckingham Palace, an event where other members of the British royal house are expected to attend, but Kate Middleton is not expected to attend, following the return line. To work gradually, with shorter hours and for the moment, avoid long journeys. So we will have to wait to see the return of the Princess of Wales with a tiara.
The Amir’s agenda in the UK will conclude with a visit to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, where Princes William and Harry completed their military training, and a meeting with the British Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street.
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Kate’s big date is also next week
Next week Princess Kate will also give her annual Christmas Carol Concert at Westminster Abbey. The event, which will be held Dec. 6, will be the first holiday celebration on her agenda since completing preventive cancer chemotherapy in September. “This year is inspired by the Christmas story that encourages us to consider the experience of others and the important human need to give and receive compassion,” they said of an evening they are organizing from 2021. According to the Daily Mail, the princess personally invited relatives and survivors of the July 29 attack in Southport, the scene of a brutal knife attack that left three minors dead and several others injured.
