"The most incredible wife and mother." These are the words with which Prince William , heir to the British throne, today sealed the public greetings for the 43rd birthday of his wife Kate, who has just come out of the year that she herself described months ago as "the hardest of her life." In the background, the cancer diagnosis - parallel to that of King Charles III - followed by a long chemotherapy whose end was announced in September in a touching video.
"The strength you have shown over the past year has been extraordinary ," the Prince of Wales wrote in a message shared on social media, also on behalf of the couple's three children, via the official Kensington Palace accounts. "George, Charlotte, Louis and I are so proud of you. Happy Birthday, Catherine, we love you. W."
The message of good wishes, which also arrived at the same time from Buckingham Palace on behalf of King Charles and Queen Camilla, is accompanied by an unpublished photo by photographer Matt Porteous: a beautiful smiling black and white portrait of the princess taken by Matt Porteous in Windsor last summer.
(Online Union)