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NZ Herald
13-05-2025
- Health
- NZ Herald
Princess of Wales says nature her ‘sanctuary' amid cancer recovery
'Over the past year nature has been my sanctuary,' Catherine said in the video. This year's Mental Health Awareness Week, we are celebrating humanity's longstanding connection to nature, and its capacity to inspire us and help us to heal and grow in mind, body and spirit. As we confront the challenges of an increasingly complex and digital world,… — The Prince and Princess of Wales (@KensingtonRoyal) May 12, 2025 Nature also enabled us to understand 'the importance of balance and the importance of renewal and resilience', she added, without making any direct reference to her own cancer recovery. Acclaiming spring as the season of 'rebirth of hope and new beginnings', Catherine added: 'Just as nature revives and renews, so too can we.' Catherine, 43, announced she had been diagnosed with an unspecified cancer and was having chemotherapy in March 2024. The shock announcement came just weeks after officials revealed in February the same year that King Charles, 76, had also been diagnosed with cancer. The video and its focus on the power of nature to heal and nurture returns to the theme Catherine chose in September when she announced she had completed her chemotherapy. That video featured the future queen with William and their three children — George, 11, Charlotte, 10, and Louis, 7 — in woods and at a beach in eastern England near their country home after an 'incredibly tough' few months. Catherine, whose main work has focused on early years child development, has been making a gradual return to public life and revealed in January she is now in remission.
News18
12-05-2025
- Health
- News18
UK's Princess Kate Says 'Nature Has Been My Sanctuary' During Cancer Battle
Last Updated: Last year, Kate, 43, made the dramatic announcement that she would undergo a course of chemotherapy after being diagnosed with cancer following abdominal surgery. Kate, Britain's Princess of Wales, said nature had been her sanctuary over the last year in which she underwent preventative chemotherapy for cancer. In a video posted on X, which featured footage of her and her husband, heir to the throne Prince William, as well as images of the British landscape, Kate spoke of the importance to her of the natural world. 'Over the past year, nature has been my sanctuary," she said on the video released to mark Mental Health Awareness Week, a major campaign issue for the couple. 'The natural world's capacity to inspire us, to nurture us and help us heal and grow is boundless and has been understood for generations." year's Mental Health Awareness Week, we are celebrating humanity's longstanding connection to nature, and its capacity to inspire us and help us to heal and grow in mind, body and spirit. As we confront the challenges of an increasingly complex and digital world,… — The Prince and Princess of Wales (@KensingtonRoyal) May 12, 2025 It was almost a year ago when Kate, 43, made the dramatic announcement that she would undergo a course of chemotherapy after tests taken following major abdominal surgery in January last year revealed that an unspecified form of cancer had been present. She completed the course of treatment in September, and said earlier this year she was now in remission. Last month, Kate and William visited a picturesque Scottish island to celebrate their 14th wedding anniversary, with footage of that visit featuring in her video. 'Spring is a season of rebirth, of hope and new beginnings from the dark days of winter, the outside world quietly awakens with new life, and there comes a sense of optimism, anticipation and positive, hopeful change," she said. 'Just as nature revives and renews, so too can we. Let us reconnect nature and celebrate a new dawn within our hearts." (This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed - Reuters) First Published:
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Princess of Wales brings her love of the great outdoors to a new generation
Credit: X/@KensingtonRoyal For generations, the Royal Family has found sanctuary in nature. For the late Queen Elizabeth II, it was her time at Balmoral; for King Charles, it is his garden. With a new video series about 'Mother Nature', the Princess of Wales is taking the theme of the great outdoors to a new generation, which has never needed it more. 'Over the past year, nature has been my sanctuary,' she says. She now hopes to encourage others to discover it for themselves. The three-minute video, which includes footage of the Prince and Princess of Wales during their recent trip to the Isle of Mull, shows the British coastline, woodlands, urban parks and moors. Seagulls glide, trees are in blossom, and the Princess bends down to inspect the purple flowering 'Lunaria annua'. The theme is 'Spring' – renewal, rebirth and new beginnings – and it is the first in a series of quarterly seasonal videos which the Princess has created, commissioned and voiced. It is one of her most personally creative projects to date, and a continuation of the pattern of communicating with the public directly, speaking for herself aloud and in a written message signed 'C' for Catherine. Credit: X/@KensingtonRoyal In a world which has become used to finding hidden meaning in the Royal Family's every word, there is plenty to go on here. 'Spring is a season of rebirth, of hope and new beginnings,' says the Princess. 'From the dark days of winter, the outside world quietly awakens with new life, and there comes a sense of optimism, anticipation, and positive, hopeful change. 'Just as nature revives and renews so too can we. Let us reconnect to nature and celebrate a new dawn within our hearts.' At a time when the Princess is in remission from cancer, returning to work and rediscovering the freedom of her returning good health, it is difficult not to wonder how much of this is personal. But, sources insist, it is simply about Spring: about showcasing the delights of the natural world to a public watching through their screens. As a mother of young children whose peers have a lifetime of mobile phones and tablets ahead of them, the Princess's focus on confronting 'the challenges of an increasingly complex and digital world' is clear. At 43, almost all of her own compatriots are on them too. 'In this ever-growing complex world, we need to hold on to what connects us all,' she says. Prior to her illness, the Princess's working life was dedicated to early childhood – those critical first five years that experts agree can come to define a person's life. The outdoors was always part of it, with the 2019 'Back To Nature' garden at Chelsea Flower Show having the central message of the importance of playing outdoors. But her time away from the public eye, in hospital and at home recuperating, has given even greater clarity. She has found solace and calm outside, she has said, with both the Prince and Princess now hoping to focus on bringing communities together in the real world. They have a newfound appreciation for how their ancestors lived. 'The natural world's capacity to inspire us, to nurture us and help us heal and grow is boundless and has been understood for generations,' says the Princess. If the message that fresh air and country walks are good for the soul is common sense to all of a certain age, the Prince and Princess's 16.8 million Instagram followers (and another 2.9m on X) bely the very different world of 2025. An Ofcom study last year found that people aged between 18 and 24 are online for an average of six hours and one minute per day. Just 27 per cent of children regularly play on the street outside their homes, says a survey by Play England. Countryside walks, if they happen, are accompanied by phones to capture photographs of the views or listen to something through headphones on the go. Adults and teens alike are finding companionship and therapy through AI; some careers require a social media following. Parents across the world are fretting about their increasingly anxious children unable to tear them away from their screens. The Princess's new project taps into a simple truth once understood by all. 'Connecting to nature helps us to experience a deeper sense of ourselves, the world around us, and each other,' she says. The video deliberately includes shots of London parks, urban trees and football pitches alongside the sprawling Isle of Mull landscapes in scenes filmed by videographer Will Warr. Getting outside, it suggests, is not a unique, privileged way of life, but simply life. 'Spring is here, so let's make the most of it together,' the Princess signs off. It is a simple message, but it is one that has the power to change the lives of her generation, and that of her children, for the better.
NDTV
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NDTV
UK's Princess Kate Reveals What Helped Her Heal After Cancer Treatment
London: Just over a year after she made the sudden and dramatic announcement that she would undergo chemotherapy to battle an unspecified form of cancer, Catherine, Princess of Wales revealed what helped her most during her healing process. Kate, as she is more popularly called, shared a video on X today in which she mentioned that "over the past year, nature has been my sanctuary," after she underwent preventative chemotherapy for cancer. In the video, which showed the beauty of the British landscape in Spring, she spoke about the significance of nature and the healing powers of the natural world. The two-and-a-half minute video also featured her husband Prince William, heir to the throne of the United Kingdom. Titled 'Spring', the footage shows the UK royals exploring the serenity of nature, walking through wildflowers and fields, with the video gliding over grasslands and rivulets. It also showcases a stunning stretch of the rugged British coastline, birds, bees, and wildlife soak in the Sun surrounded by the the diverse flora found in the North Atlantic island nation. The video also featured footage of Kate and William's visit to a picturesque Scottish island last month, to celebrate their 14th wedding anniversary. SPRING. This year's Mental Health Awareness Week, we are celebrating humanity's longstanding connection to nature, and its capacity to inspire us and help us to heal and grow in mind, body and spirit. As we confront the challenges of an increasingly complex and digital world,… — The Prince and Princess of Wales (@KensingtonRoyal) May 12, 2025 Dedicating the post to this year's Mental Health Awareness Week, Princess Catherine said, "We are celebrating humanity's longstanding connection to nature, and its capacity to inspire us and help us to heal and grow in mind, body and spirit." Nature's capacity to do so, is boundless, she says, adding that over generations, we humans have realised that "it is only through nature that we can understand the true interconnectedness of all things." Close to the end of March 2024, Kate, then 42, revealed to the world that she would undergo a course of chemotherapy after tests taken following a major abdominal surgery in January brought forth the presence of cancer. After completing her course of treatment in September, Kate had updated in early 2025 that she is now in remission. "Spring is a season of rebirth, of hope and new beginnings from the dark days of winter, the outside world quietly awakens with new life, and there comes a sense of optimism, anticipation and positive, hopeful change," she says in the video. "Just as nature revives and renews, so too can we. Let us reconnect nature and celebrate a new dawn within our hearts," she adds.
Powys County Times
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Powys County Times
Kate launches seasonal video series about the natural world
The Princess of Wales has urged society to 'reconnect to nature and celebrate a new dawn within our hearts' in the first of a series of social media videos celebrating the seasons. Kate narrates the inaugural film from her Mother Nature series that showcases spring with others to follow about summer, autumn and winter. The release marks the start of this year's Mental Health Awareness Week and in a message alongside the video the princess says the 'connection between humanity and nature' is even more important as people deal with an 'increasingly complex and digital world.' The natural world has played an important role in Kate's cancer journey, offering her solace with the royal said to have walked and swam outdoors during and after her treatment for the disease. Kate has also spoken about the importance of children spending time in nature and in 2019 she co-created a wilderness 'Back to Nature' garden for the Chelsea Flower Show, where her children paddled in the stream and had a go on the rope swing as did the princess. In the video which features images of the Prince and Princess of Wales during their recent trip to the Isle of Mull in Scotland, the future queen says: 'The natural world's capacity to inspire us, to nurture us and help us heal and grow is boundless and has been understood for generations. 'It is through nature, that we can fully understand the true interconnectedness of all things, the importance of balance and the importance of renewal and resilience. Connecting to nature helps us to experience a deeper sense of ourselves, the world around us, and each other. SPRING. This year's Mental Health Awareness Week, we are celebrating humanity's longstanding connection to nature, and its capacity to inspire us and help us to heal and grow in mind, body and spirit. As we confront the challenges of an increasingly complex and digital world,… — The Prince and Princess of Wales (@KensingtonRoyal) May 12, 2025 'Spring is a season of rebirth, of hope and new beginnings. From the dark days of winter, the outside world quietly awakens with new life, and there comes a sense of optimism, anticipation, and positive, hopeful change. 'Just as nature revives and renews so too can we. Let us reconnect to nature and celebrate a new dawn within our hearts. 'It is often from the smallest of seeds that the greatest change can happen, and in this ever-growing complex world, we need to hold on to what connects us all.' Kate ends with the words: 'Spring is here, so let's make the most of it together.' In the video the couple are seen with their backs to the camera and arms around each other – likely to have been filmed on their wedding anniversary celebrated on Mull, which saw a similar still photo released to mark the occasion. Much of the footage shows flowers, plants and trees from across the country and the changing of the seasons from winter to spring is featured. Kate says in a social media message – which she signs with her initial – that accompanies the video: 'As we confront the challenges of an increasingly complex and digital world, the importance of the connection between humanity and nature takes on even more significance. 'The Mother Nature series is a reminder and reflection of the beauty and complexity of the human experience. 'It is a tribute to the lessons we can learn from nature, helping us to foster our own growth, strengthen our bonds with the world around us and each other. C'
