Kate Middleton’s Big Comeback: Returning to a Key Royal Event After Last Year’s Absence

Kate Middleton’s Big Comeback: Returning to a Key Royal Event After Last Year’s Absence

We now know the next time we’ll see the Princess of Wales on royal duty.

After a year away, Kate Middleton will make her return to the royal family’s annual Commonwealth Day service, held this year on March 10.

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Kate Middleton Will Make Her Return to Important Royal Event She Missed Last Year
We now know the next time we’ll see the Princess of Wales on royal duty.

By Rachel Burchfield Updated on March 6, 2025 @ 10:59AM
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Kate Middleton at the Commonwealth Day service on March 14, 2022. Photo: Getty
After a year away, Kate Middleton will make her return to the royal family’s annual Commonwealth Day service, held this year on March 10.

The public can expect to see the Princess of Wales on Monday, Buckingham Palace announced on March 5. Kate will attend the service alongside her husband Prince William and father-in-law King Charles, who also missed the 2024 celebrations; both Kate and Charles were battling cancer at the time. The King announced his cancer diagnosis on February 5 of last year, and his treatment continues; Kate didn’t announce her own diagnosis until March 22, and announced on January 14 of this year that she is in remission.
The Commonwealth Day service will take place at Westminster Abbey with the theme “Together We Thrive”; Queen Camilla and Princess Anne will also be in attendance, though Prince Edward and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh—usually staples at the event—will not be there this year. March 10 marks Edward’s 61st birthday, and Sophie will be visiting New York, according to the royal diary.
The Commonwealth is made up of 56 independent nations that voluntarily accept the monarch of Great Britain, Charles, as their head of state. A statement from the palace said that the celebrations will be “rooted in the principles of family, unity, and peace,” and over 2,000 guests will join members of the royal family at Monday’s service, per Tatler. The celebrations will also begin the countdown to the 2026 Commonwealth Games, set to take place in Glasgow next year.

Kate’s attendance at the Commonwealth Day service has always provided a fashion-forward moment for the future queen. At her last Commonwealth Day service in 2023, Kate wore a navy printed two-piece by Erdem and has worn that brand as well as Catherine Walker, Beulah London, and Alexander McQueen in years past.