Kate Middleton is taking time to spread "hope" among cancer patients at a hospital in London.
It's The Royal Marsden Hospital, a place where she underwent treatment. At her emotional stop, Angela Terry, a cancer patient, told People that the future queen's presence provided a huge surprise.
"She was there to say thank you to the people who had looked after her, talk to patients who were in a similar situation," she told the outlet.
The 71-year-old added, "It was a great message of hope because she looked so well. We don't need to know what cancer she had. We just know she's been through surgery, she's been through chemo — and one year later, my goodness, look, she is here."
Last September, Kate announced that she had finished her chemotherapy and is now in remission.
Following his remission announcement, Angela, who is a non-executive chair of EGFR Positive UK, a charity for mutation driven lung cancer, believed, "It might have been difficult if she had come in talking about her experience about being in remission first because some people who are really very ill might never get to remission, and that would have felt tricky. But she chose to do that after she had left which speaks volumes."
"When I read later in the day that Kate is in remission, that doesn't mean she's through it. This disease changes you, but it also gives you an opportunity to think: 'Okay, who am I now? Who do I want to be?'"
"It's an opportunity to be true to yourself and choose to let certain things go, friendships or other things that no longer make sense. It's such a weird disease, it stops you and makes you evaluate and review your life which can be exciting,"sheconcluded.