FILE PHOTO: Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales, reacts as she visits Sebby's Corner in north London, Britain November 24, 2023. The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood to provide support to families with young children in the run up to Christmas. Sebby's Corner was formed in January 2021 and provides items to families in need across Barnet, Hertfordshire and London. Frank Augstein/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) - Kate, Britain's Princess of Wales who is undergoing preventative chemotherapy for cancer, has written to an army regiment to apologise for missing a military parade on Saturday, adding that she hoped to be back very soon.
"Being your Colonel remains a great honour, and I am very sorry that I'm unable (to) take the salute at this year's Colonel's Review," Kate wrote in a letter to the head of the Irish Guards regiment.
"Please pass my apologies to the whole Regiment, however I do hope that I am able to represent you all once again very soon," she wrote in the letter, dated June 3 and posted on social media platform X on Saturday by the Irish Guards regiment.
Britain's Prince William, who is heir to the throne, said last month that Kate, his wife, was "doing well". She said in March she was having treatment after cancer was found following abdominal surgery at the start of the year.
The Colonel's Review takes place a week before a higher-profile parade to mark the birthday of the monarch, part of the Trooping the Colour celebrations. Kate is colonel of the Irish Guards, who are taking part in the event.
(Reporting by Sarah Young; Editing by Alex Richardson and Helen Popper)
