Kate Middleton Just Got a New Royal Title From King Charles III

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Prince William Shares First Social Media Message Weeks After Kate Middleton’s Diagnosis

Kate Middleton's relation successful the royal household continues to expand. 

In fact, King Charles III honored the Princess of Wales with a caller rubric successful an April 23 announcement. 

Kate—who shared her crab diagnosis successful March—has been appointed arsenic "Royal Companion of The Order of the Companions of Honour." Her Royal Highness' epithet is marque new, arsenic nary 1 has held the rubric earlier her. However, King George V founded the Order of the Companions successful 1917 to admit achievements successful nationalist service, arts, medicine and sciences. 

And portion Kate is presently laying debased amid her wellness journey, the rubric comes arsenic nary astonishment fixed her dedication to organizations similar Little Princess Trust and her ain puerility improvement initiative, Shaping Us. The 42-year-old has besides emphasized that she plans to instrumentality to her royal duties arsenic soon arsenic possible.

"My enactment has ever brought maine a heavy consciousness of joy," Kate said successful a March 22 societal media video. "I look guardant to being backmost erstwhile I'm able, but for present I indispensable absorption connected making a afloat recovery."

But Kate isn't the lone 1 who was bestowed a caller title.

Queen Camilla received the rubric "Grand Master and First oregon Principal Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire." And Prince William—who shares children Prince George, 10, Prince Charlotte, 8, and Prince Louis, 6 with Kate—received a caller rubric of "Great Master of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath," which was antecedently held by King Charles. 

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The Prince of Wales has continued to proceed with his ain royal duties aft his wife's wellness update, arsenic good arsenic stepping up successful spot for his begetter (who announced his ain cancer diagnosis connected Feb. 5) connected respective occasions—and Kate has expressed gratitude for his support. 

"Having William by my broadside is simply a large root of comfortableness and reassurance," Kate added successful her March 22 video. "I americium well, and getting stronger each time by focusing connected the things that volition assistance maine heal successful my mind, assemblage and spirits."

Read connected for much updates connected Kate's recovery and different royal quality from astir the world. 

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Queen Camilla Attends Royal Maundy Service

The queen consort attended the Royal Maundy Service on March 28 successful spot of King Charles III, making her the archetypal spouse of the Monarch to proceed the past tradition.

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Kate Middleton Shares Cancer Diagnosis

In a March 22 video message, the Princess of Wales shared that she'd been diagnosed with cancer aft undergoing abdominal country successful January.

"It was thought that my information was non-cancerous. The country was successful," she said earlier noting that tests aft the cognition recovered crab had been present. "My aesculapian squad truthful advised that I should acquisition a people of preventative chemotherapy and I americium present successful the aboriginal stages of that treatment."

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Kate Middleton Apologizes for Edited Family Photo Controversy

After photograph agencies pulled the representation Kensington Palace shared of Kate since having her abdominal country connected March 10, the Princess of Wales addressed claims the photograph was doctored. 

"Like galore amateur photographers, I bash occasionally experimentation with editing," she tweeted connected March 11. "I wanted to explicit my apologies for immoderate disorder the household photograph we shared yesterday caused. I anticipation everyone celebrating had a precise blessed Mother's Day. C."

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Lady Kitty Spencer Privately Welcomes Baby

Princess Diana's niece celebrated Mother's Day successful the U.K. by sharing she and her hubby Michael Lewis privately welcomed their archetypal baby.

“It’s the joyousness of my beingness to beryllium your mummy, small one. I emotion you unconditionally," she captioned her March 10 Instagram post. "Happy Mother’s Day to those who observe today."

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Queen Camilla Takes a Break

After keeping up her afloat slate of engagements successful the aftermath of her husband's crab diagnosis, the palace cleared Camilla's schedule.

The Times pointed retired March 2 that the 76-year-old didn't person immoderate engagements connected her calendar until March 11, erstwhile she'd beryllium owed astatine Westminster Abbey to observe Commonwealth Day.

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Thomas Kensington Dies astatine 45

The hubby of Lady Gabriella Windsor and ex-boyfriend of Pippa Middleton, was recovered dormant Feb. 25. Days later, a coroner's inquest recovered that helium died by suicide.

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King Charles Diagnosed With Cancer

While King Charles III was successful the infirmary for his benign prostate enlargement procedure, the royal household subordinate was diagnosed with cancer.

"His Majesty has contiguous commenced a docket of regular treatments, during which clip helium has been advised by doctors to postpone public-facing duties," Buckingham Palace said Feb. 5. "Throughout this period, His Majesty volition proceed to undertake State concern and authoritative paperwork arsenic usual.The King is grateful to his aesculapian squad for their swift intervention, which was made imaginable acknowledgment to his caller infirmary procedure. He remains wholly affirmative astir his attraction and looks guardant to returning to afloat nationalist work arsenic soon arsenic possible."

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Sarah Ferguson Is Diagnosed With a Second Type of Cancer

The Duchess of York's rep said successful a connection connected Jan. 21 that Sarah was precocious diagnosed with malignant melanoma, an assertive signifier of tegument cancer. Several months prior, she underwent a azygous mastectomy to dainty bosom cancer.

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Queen Margrethe II of Denmark Abdicates the Throne

On Jan. 14, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark made past arsenic she officially abdicated the throne, handing the crown implicit to her son, present known arsenic King Frederik the 10th

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Kate Middleton Is Hospitalized

Kensington Palace announced connected Jan. 17 that Kate Middleton underwent planned abdominal surgery and was acceptable to stay successful the infirmary for 10 to 14 days.

"Based connected the existent aesculapian advice," the Palace said, "she is improbable to instrumentality to nationalist duties until aft Easter."

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Prince William Adjusting His Schedule

Amid Kate's recovery, Prince William postponed a fig of engagements arsenic helium supported his family, including the couple's 3 children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.

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King Charles III Undergoing Treatment

Shortly aft Kate's hospitalization was made public, Buckingham Palace shared that Charles "has sought attraction for an enlarged prostate."

"His Majesty's information is benign and helium volition be infirmary adjacent week for a corrective procedure," the connection added. "The King’s nationalist engagements volition beryllium postponed for a abbreviated play of recuperation."

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Luxembourg Welcomes a New Baby

Princess Claire and Prince Felix of Luxembourg welcomed lad Balthazar Felix Karl connected Jan. 7, the archetypal royal babe of the New Year!

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