Catherine, Princess of Wales visited a wellbeing garden at Colchester Hospital on Wednesday, marking her first public appearance since she unexpectedly dropped out of an appearance at Royal Ascot two weeks ago.

She shared that patients recovering from cancer "put on a sort of brave face" and tend to show "stoicism" but "the phase afterwards is really, you know, difficult".

Princess Catherine has opened up about her "difficult" experiences with cancer treatment, and how her diagnosis changed her life.