Kate Middleton Congratulates Claire Lorente After Christie NHS Chemotherapy Ends In Manchester

Kate Middleton visited The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester on June 4 to congratulate Claire Lorente, 30, as Lorente rang the “end of treatment bell” marking the completion of her chemotherapy course for breast cancer.

“- Published The Princess of Wales has hugged and congratulated a young mother celebrating the completion of her course of chemotherapy”

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At the same visit, Kate hugged Lorente and told her: “Well done you - what a journey! It's been a tough one, yeah? You have done brilliantly. Well done.”

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Kate also embraced Lorente’s partner Pablo and said: “Well done. It's just as hard for the family and loved ones.”

The BBC said The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, looking after more than 60,000 patients a year and serving a population of 3.2 million people from Greater Manchester and the surrounding areas.

During the visit, Kate joined an art session with six patients and resident artist Patricia Mountfield told her: “It can be very isolating for some people.”

The visit was framed as an opportunity to see the wide range of holistic care offered at The Christie, with the BBC noting drop-in art classes, a well-being garden and a chaplaincy service that are all free of charge to patients and carers.

Kate told the BBC that “It changes you in so many ways physically but also emotionally and psychologically, and actually finding ways to express that and to explore that is quite difficult.”

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She added that “To do this in a clinical setting is really important,” while the BBC reported she completed her visit at The Christie's Teenage and Young Adult (TYA) unit.

In a separate account of the same June 4 stop, People reported that Kate told Lorente’s partner: “I know it's just as hard for families and loved ones,” and said: “I know how hard it was for the children and my parents. You go through it with them.”

People also said Kate greeted Lorente’s baby and told the child, “Isn't Mummy brave?”

The BBC said Kate revealed at the start of last year that she was in remission from cancer and that she joined Claire Lorente at the Manchester hospital in front of family members and staff.

“El verano de la familia real británica llega a su fin y, con él, el regreso a las rutinas escolares de George, Charlotte y Louis”

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People reported that in March 2024 the Princess of Wales announced she was undergoing treatment for cancer following an abdominal surgery, and it said she later shared in January 2025 that she was in remission while the form of cancer was never disclosed.

People also quoted Prince William, 43, saying in a 2025 interview in Brazil for his 2025 Earthshot Prize Awards that they “chose to communicate a lot more with our children,” while adding: “But most of the time, hiding stuff from them doesn’t work.”

In a different language account, Diario de Navarra said Kate’s new routine since completing chemotherapy in September 2024 has focused on “exercise, nutrition, and rest,” and it quoted her describing cancer as “complex, scary, and unpredictable for everyone, especially for those closest to you.”

Diario de Navarra also included Kate’s reflection that “Humble as well, it also makes you confront your vulnerabilities in a way you hadn't considered before,” linking the end of treatment to ongoing recovery and planned return to her schedule.