MAKING A COMEBACK WITH NEW PRIORITIES THE PRINCESS OF WALES KEEPS THE FOCUS ON FAMILY AND CAUSES CLOSE TO HER HEART

As she prepares to step out this weekend for the National Service of Remembrance, the Princess of Wales is starting to return to royal duties in the name of causes close to her heart.

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With her priorities changed after her treatment for cancer, Kate is planning to make more public appearances during the coming weeks and is looking ahead to next year as she gets back to business.

The annual event to honour British and Commonwealth war dead at the Cenotaph in London is a mainstay of the royal calendar and Kate plans to be there, alongside her husband the Prince and other senior members of the royal family.

The service comes less than a month before another important event for the Princess - her annual Together at Christmas carol concert at Westminster Abbey, which she is due to attend with Prince William and their children Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, nine, and six-year-old Prince Louis.

The fact that Kate, 42, is making two such high-profile appearances within weeks is a sign that we are likely to see much more of her in 2025, as she continues her gradual return to public duties after taking most of this year off.

As she becomes fitter and stronger after a course of preventative chemotherapy, she is expected to follow the lead of the King and resume overseas travel-he said his recent trip to Australia and Samoa was "a perfect tonic".

Robert Jobson, best-selling author of Catherine: The Princess of Wales, believes we will see more outings from Kate - including foreign trips but that she will take a "less is more" approach, hand-picking her public appearances for maximum impact.

GETTING BACK ON TRACK