Making her way back into the public eye after "disappearing" for several months due to cancer, Kate Middleton has been gradually resuming her appearances. In one of these outings, she spoke for the first time about the life-changing illness with a nurse.

Kate Middleton is slowly opening up about her cancer battle, as the Princess of Wales discussed her health journey during the royal family's annual Christmas walk on December 25. “I started my career in the Macmillan cancer unit,

"Cancer just really does resonate with so many families," the Princess of Wales told royal fans at Sandringham.

She met a few royal fans who were cancer survivors during the outing. With a series of tough months behind her, Kate Middleton took time during the British royal family's annual Christmas walk at Sandringham to express her gratitude for royal fans's emotional support during her cancer journey through the past year.

A visibly moved Kate, who fought an undisclosed form of cancer this year, expressed her gratitude to healthcare professionals for all their “hard work.”