Overview

• The Princess of Wales is attending her first formal evening event since completing preventative chemotherapy and entering remission in January 2025
• King Charles III is hosting President Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Macron at St George’s Hall for the first State Banquet held at Windsor Castle since 2014
• State banquets have been relocated to Windsor as Buckingham Palace undergoes extensive refurbishments
• In recent weeks Kate resumed public duties with appearances at Trooping the Colour and a visit to Colchester Hospital, where she described her cancer recovery as a “rollercoaster”
• In his banquet speech the King highlighted UK-France defence cooperation and joint action on climate change as examples of royal soft power