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Kate, Princess of Wales, hospitalized for planned abdominal surgery, Kensington Palace says
Kate, the Princess of Wales, was hospitalized for planned abdominal surgery, Kensington Palace said in a statement Wednesday. The British royal is expected to remain in the hospital for another ten to 14 days.
The statement does not specify what the surgery was for, saying Kate, “hopes 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.”
It includes an apology from Kate for having to postpone upcoming engagements.
The “surgery was successful,” Kensington Palace said, but “based on the current medical advice,” the Princess of Wales is “unlikely to return to public duties until after Easter.”
The statement says Kate “looks forward to reinstating as many (engagements) as possible, as soon as possible.”
Kate’s husband Prince William, the eldest son of King Charles III, is next in line to inherit the British throne.
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