Overview
- Reports this week say the Prince and Princess of Wales have revived a busy schedule of joint public appearances after a period of scaled-back activity.
- Sources tell reporters that Kate is expected to join William for the sixth Earthshot awards in Mumbai next month but Kensington Palace has not formally confirmed her attendance.
- Royals biographer Russell Myers and others say the palace and the Foreign Office are planning official engagements around the Mumbai visit to highlight the couple’s soft-power and diplomatic functions.
- Prince Harry and Meghan returned to the UK in August and are carrying out a planned Nottingham charity visit this week, which media coverage says has intensified focus on a clearer separation between the Sussexes’ public profiles and the Waleses’ official work.
- Claims that William has cut contact with Harry come from unnamed palace insiders and remain unverified, while the couple’s stepped-up public role is being read as both a sign of Kate’s improved health and a move to reinforce the Waleses’ public duties.