Prince William, Kate to arrive in India in first joint overseas tour since 2022
The Prince and Princess of Wales are traveling to Mumbai for the 2026 Earthshot Prize awards, marking Kate Middleton's first joint overseas tour since her cancer diagnosis. The event will focus on environmental innovation and climate solutions.
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The visit serves as a high-profile diplomatic and environmental engagement, signaling the Princess's return to full-scale international duties.
Britain's Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton, will join her husband Prince William in India this week for the 2026 Earthshot Prize awards, marking her biggest overseas engagement since undergoing preventative chemotherapy for cancer in 2024.The Prince and Princess of Wales, both 44, will travel to Mumbai for a three-day visit featuring events around the annual environmental awards, with the ceremony scheduled for Tuesday, November 17, according to Reuters .The visit will be their first joint overseas tour since Kate's cancer diagnosis in 2024. Their last official overseas tour together was to Boston in the United States in 2022, also for the Earthshot Prize.Kate has gradually increased her public engagements since announcing that she was in remission in early 2025.
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