World News
Kate Middleton Receives Standing Ovation at Wimbledon Amid Ongoing Cancer Treatment
LONDON — The Princess of Wales arrived at the All England Club on Sunday for the Wimbledon men's final, only her second public appearance since announcing she was diagnosed with cancer.
Kate, wife of heir to the throne Prince William, was greeted by a standing ovation from the Centre Court crowd as she took her seat in the Royal Box before the start of the championship match between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz.
She and her 9-year-old daughter, Princess Charlotte, got to the site of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament in southwest London in a motorcade about a half-hour before the final was scheduled to begin. They went to a terrace at the club that is connected to the main stadium by a pedestrian walkway and greeted several people, including 2021 U.S. Open champion EMMA Raducanu and other young British Tennis players.
Kate was wearing a purple dress — one of Wimbledon's official colors.
![Britain Tennis Wimbledon Britain Tennis Wimbledon](https://cdn.thefoxposts.com/vimedia/2024/07/16/4aa467367b84306548b735243d60d52c.webp)
She was joined in the front row of the Royal Box by her sister Pippa Matthews. Two rows behind them were actors Tom Cruise and Benedict Cumberbatch, while a number of former Wimbledon champions were also on hand — including Rod Laver, Andre Agassi and Stefan Edberg.
Since 2016, the princess has been the patron of the All England Club, which hosts Wimbledon each year. Her ceremonial duties include handing out the winner’s trophies after the singles finals, although she was not on hand Saturday when Barbora Krejcikova defeated Jasmine Paolini for the women's title.
![Britain Tennis Wimbledon Britain Tennis Wimbledon](https://cdn.thefoxposts.com/vimedia/2024/07/16/8ecbcb91dc56604b19adab332dc47a92.webp)
Kate revealed in March that she has cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy. Her lone public appearance since then was attending last month’s birthday parade for King Charles III. Before that event, she released a statement saying she was “making good progress” but still had “good days and bad days.”
Prince William has been a regular at Wimbledon finals but was not going to be there Sunday. Instead, he planned to go watch England face Spain in the final of the men’s soccer European Championship in Germany. He is the president of the English Football Association.
Queen Camilla, wife of King Charles III, visited Wimbledon on Wednesday.
-
World News2d ago
Australia Arrests Two Russian-Born Citizens Accused of Planning Espionage
-
World News3d ago
U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Spots Chinese Naval Ships Near Alaska
-
World News3d ago
Fire Breaks Out in Spire of Medieval Cathedral in France’s Rouen But is Under Control
-
World News3d ago
U.K. Mulls Tighter Crossbow Laws After Three Women Are Slain in an Attack
-
World News4d ago
Indonesia Sentences Ex-Minister of Agriculture to 10 Years Imprisonment for Corruption
-
World News4d ago
China Sends Record Number of Warplanes Across Key Boundary Line With Taiwan
-
World News4d ago
Hungary’s Viktor Orbán to Visit Trump Following NATO Summit and Putin Meeting
-
World News4d ago
NATO Criticizes China as ‘Decisive Enabler’ of Russia’s War in Ukraine