The Princess of Wales made a solo appearance with the regiment in their annual London parade—and joined them for a Guinness—for the first time since she became their Colonel-in-Chief in 2022.

Princess Kate Middleton returned to the Irish Guards’ St. Patrick’s Day Parade in London, her first since her cancer fight. Now in remission, she led the event solo as Colonel, awarding medals, presenting shamrocks,

Kate Middleton attended the traditional parade consecutively beginning in 2012, which made her absence at the festival last year particularly notable. Five days after missing the 2024 St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Kate shared her cancer diagnosis with the public in a video shared on X.