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.

The Princess of Wales has spoken candidly about the life-changing long-term challenges of recovering after chemotherapy, as she visited a hospital in Essex.Catherine said during treatment "you put on a sort of brave face" but afterwards it can also feel "really difficult".

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".