OK, I may be a royals reporter but I 100 percent did not see this month of royal news coming. Weeks back, there was the false report that Kate Middleton would be present at a dress rehearsal for Trooping the Colour. Then, there was a correction from the palace. Then, there was Princess Catherine’s apology for missing the dress rehearsal. But even after all of that, I (and the rest of the world) still didn’t know if she’d be in attendance at the actual Trooping the Colour event (in celebration of King Charles’s birthday).
And then the bombshell: Kate Middleton revealed a brand-new photo, a health update and the news that she’d be in attendance at Trooping the Colour. “I’m looking forward to attending The King’s Birthday Parade this weekend with my family,” she wrote on social media. Mic drop. Cue the royal headlines. But then, came the actual appearance.