Princess Kate has released a new statement after returning to Royal duties with an appearance at Wimbledon the Princess of Wales has been patron of the all England lawn tennis and croquet Club since 2016 Kate usually presents trophies to the men's and women's singles winners at tennis tournaments the Royal attended the men's singles final between Carlos alcaraz and Novak jovic today with his daughter princess Charlotte and his sister Pippa Matthews Princess Kate received a standing ovation from the packed Wimbledon crowd upon her arrival in the Royal box during the engagement Shahi released a statement on social media outlining her happiness to be back Kate wrote on X formerly known as Twitter great to be back at Wimbledon there's nothing like a championship since Princess Kate was diagnosed with cancer in March pipper has only stepped out of a public event once the appearance also came just two days ago at Wimbledon princess Charlotte nine sat between Pippa and Kate as she watched the action unfold from the Royal box the Princess of Wales was not seen in public for a month after her long-awaited return to trooping the color on June 15th the princess was diagnosed with cancer that year and stepped back from all Royal duties to focus on her health Princess Kate looked relaxed and elegant at Wimbledon but a body language expert told the mirror that she showed subtle signs that she was not entirely in top shape the Princess of Wales 42 made a rare public appearance at the tennis championships today with her daughter princess Charlotte and her sister Pippa Middleton to present the trophy to the winner of the men's final