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Sky's Rhiannon Mills explains the personal significance of Princess Kate's recent visit to Colchester Hospital.  #royalfamily #princessofwales

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00:00We've got so used to the Princess of Wales being open since her cancer diagnosis but her latest

00:05words felt particularly personal and here's why. She was meeting up with cancer patients

00:12and volunteers at this well-being centre in Colchester and it really felt like she wanted

00:17us to hear loud and clear how tough that recovery journey can be. You put on sort of brief based

00:23stoicism through treatment. Treatment's done yeah so I can crack on and get back to normal again but

00:30actually that the phase afterwards is really you know it's a really difficult journey you know

00:37you're not necessarily in the clinical team any longer but you're not able to function

00:43normally at home as you perhaps what's used to. Strong isn't it and it comes after she didn't

00:49attend Royal Ascot a couple of weeks ago and all of the reporting around it. Now she is still in

00:55remission from cancer and the palace have constantly said there would have to be some flexibility in the

01:01kind of engagements that she decides to do and really from her we heard it today talking about

01:06the importance of mind body and spirit when it comes to recovery but also it did feel like there

01:12was a subtle plea in there for understanding for her her family and also others going through

01:19this difficult kind of journey.