Kate's LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY

PRINCESS KATE'S HEALTH WOES ARE CONTINUING TO TAKE A TOLL ON THE ROYAL NEARLY TWO MONTHS AFTER HER ABDOMINAL SURGERY.

OVER the years, Catherine, Princess of Wales, has made no secret of her fiercely competitive spirit and her love of staying physically active.

In 2023, she revealed she often sneaks in morning workouts by jumping on her kids’ trampoline and discussed her love of cold-water swimming during an October podcast appearance alongside husband Prince William. “The colder, the better. I absolutely love it,” she told her cousin-in-law, host Mike Tindall. “To the point where William’s like, ‘Catherine, you’re crazy.’”

Kate’s not getting much action right now as she continues to recuperate from the planned abdominal surgery she underwent on Jan. 17. The 42-year-old spent 13 days at the posh London Clinic before heading home to Adelaide Cottage on the grounds of Windsor Castle. And on Feb. 9, William whisked Kate and their three kids (Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 8, and Prince Louis, 5) away to their country residence at Anmer Hall so the mom of three could convalesce there. According to a palace source, Kate’s recovery has been more grueling than she thought it was going to be. “She’s always been in very good health and athletic,” the source tells Star, “so not being able to jump out of bed and move around has been hard on her.”