Kate, the Princess of Wales, is “doing well” as she continues to recover from abdominal surgery, in accordance with a Kensington Palace spokesperson.

Kate, 42, was photographed Monday in the passenger seat of a car pushed by her mother, Carole Middleton, close to Windsor Castle. The {photograph} was not launched or licensed by Kensington Palace.

The {photograph} of Kate marked the primary time the mom-of-three and wife of Prince William has been seen publicly since present process stomach surgical procedure and an almost two-week hospital keep in mid-January.

Kate’s absence from the general public eye mixed with William’s latest absence from a royal engagement as a consequence of a “personal matter,” have led to rampant hypothesis on-line about Kate’s well-being.

A palace spokesperson dismissed the social media hypothesis in an announcement to ABC News final week, saying, “Kensington Palace made it clear in January the timelines of the Princess’ recovery and we’d only be providing significant updates. That guidance stands.”

Here is the newest on Kate’s well being and what’s publicly identified.

Kate’s final official public look was on Christmas Day

Kate’s most up-to-date official public look was on Christmas Day, when she attended church with members of the royal household.

Kate was seen smiling and greeting followers as she walked to the royal household’s conventional Christmas morning service at Sandringham alongside William and their three kids, Princes George and Louis and Princess Charlotte.

The Waleses had been joined by different members of the royal household as effectively, together with King Charles III and his wife Queen Camilla.

Kate underwent stomach surgical procedure in January

Less than one month after Christmas, on Jan. 17, Kensington Palace introduced that Kate had been admitted the day before today to The London Clinic for “planned abdominal surgery.”

The palace didn’t present additional particulars on the kind of surgical procedure Kate underwent, however confirmed to ABC News on the time that the princess’s medical subject was non-cancerous.

“The Princess of Wales appreciates the interest this statement will generate,” the palace mentioned in an announcement issued on Jan. 17. “She hopes that the public will understand her desire to maintain as much normality for her children as possible; and her wish that her personal medical information remains private.”

“The Princess of Wales wishes to apologise to all those concerned for the fact that she has to postpone her upcoming engagements,” the assertion continued. “She looks forward to reinstating as many as possible, as soon as possible.”

William, the inheritor to the throne, postponed his public engagements whereas Kate was hospitalized.

He was noticed privately coming into and exiting The London Clinic to go to Kate throughout her keep. The couple’s three kids are usually not believed to have visited Kate within the hospital.

Kate is now recovering at dwelling

The palace announced on Jan. 29, practically two weeks after Kate underwent surgical procedure, that the princess had been discharged from the hospital.

From there, Kate continued her restoration on the family’s home in Windsor, about 30 miles outdoors of London.

“The Princess of Wales has returned home to Windsor to continue her recovery from surgery. She is making good progress,” a palace spokesperson mentioned in an announcement on the time. “The Prince and Princess wish to say a huge thank you to the entire team at The London Clinic, especially the dedicated nursing staff, for the care they have provided.”

The spokesperson added, “The Wales family continues to be grateful for the well wishes they have received from around the world.”

Since being dwelling from the hospital, Kate has additionally frolicked together with her household at Anmer Hall, their dwelling in Norfolk.

William has issued one public assertion on Kate’s well being

After taking day off whereas Kate was hospitalized, William returned to his public duties on Feb. 7, stepping in for his father to guide an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle.

Later that day, William joined actor Tom Cruise at a central London hotel for a charity fundraising gala for London’s Air Ambulance.

At the gala, William made his first and up to now solely public remarks about Kate.

“I’d like to take this opportunity to say thank you, also, for the kind messages of support for Catherine and for my father, especially, in recent days,” William mentioned. “It means a great deal to us all.”

Following up with a joke, William continued, “It’s fair to say the past few weeks have had a rather ‘medical’ focus. So I thought I’d come to an air ambulance function to get away from it all.”

William has since attended the BAFTAS on his personal, an occasion at which Kate is historically by his aspect.

On Tuesday, William sparked speculation after he missed a service of Thanksgiving for his godfather, King Constantine of Greece, at St. George’s Chapel, citing a “personal matter.”

William returned to his public duties on Thursday, visiting the Western Marble Arch Synagogue in London.

Kate has been fully out of the general public eye whereas recovering, in distinction to Charles

William’s father Charles was briefly hospitalized at The London Clinic similtaneously Kate in January.

Charles stayed multiple nights at The London Clinic for a deliberate process to deal with an enlarged prostate.

Shortly after he was discharged from the hospital, Buckingham Palace introduced the 75-year-old king had been diagnosed with cancer.

The palace has not specified Charles’s sort of most cancers, the stage of most cancers or the kind of remedy he’s receiving.

In distinction to Kate’s absence, nonetheless, Charles has been seen publicly since his prognosis, together with attending church with Camilla in Sandringham and touring backwards and forwards to London for remedy.

Last week, the palace released photographs of Charles studying a number of the playing cards and letters frpm well-wishes the palace says the king has acquired.

Kate’s first public look may very well be on or round Easter Sunday

At the time of her surgical procedure, the palace mentioned Kate just isn’t prone to resume her public duties till later this spring.

In previous years, William and Kate and their kids have been photographed walking to church on Easter Sunday alongside different members of the royal household.

The royal household will collect collectively once more publicly in June for the annual Trooping the Colour celebration of King Charles III’s birthday.

The U.K. Ministry of Defense said Tuesday that Kate will attend this yr’s celebration, however later eliminated her identify and movie from the Army’s commercial of the Colonel’s Review of Trooping the Colour. Kate’s attendance has not been confirmed by Kensington Palace.