“She’s doing well,” William told The Times, referring to his wife and her health. Kate has started to make her slow return to public duties, even attending the National Service of Remembrance ceremony in London on Sunday alongside other senior members of the royal family.

After a difficult year that included both his father King Charles and his wife Princess Kate battling undisclosed cancer diagnoses, Prince William is hopeful the Princess of Wales will join him on royal trips next year.

After a difficult year, the couple has been escaping without their three kids for “low key” trips together, says a source.