The Princess of Wales has declined to attend Royal Ascot at the last minute as she continues to ‘find the right balance’ following her battle with canc3r.
Kate is said to be ‘tired’ at not attending the famous event and sporting occasion in Berkshire with her husband Prince William and the King and Queen.
Racegoers had been hoping to welcome the Princess after the Prince of Wales was named as one of the figures awarding race prizes during the second day of the meet.
Ascot officials had declared at 12pm that the Princess was because of being in the second carriage in the royal procession with William, in a published carriage list.
But less than half an hour later, Kensington Palace declared just before 12.30pm that Kate would not be attending – and a revised carriage list was announced by Ascot.
MailOnline understands the Princess was ‘tired’ not to be in attendance ‘but she has to find the right balance as she fully returns to public facing engagements’.
However, Kate’s mother Carole Middleton did attend Ascot today, wearing a dress from luxury women’s designer ME+EM – alongside her daughter-in-law Alizee Thevenet, the wife of Kate’s brother James Middleton.
The 43-year-old Princess has been making a incremental return to public duties since it was published in January that she was in remission from can.cer.
But in the past week she has attended three high-profile events – Trooping the Colour, the annual Order of the Garter service and a visit to a V&A storage facility in London.
