Princess Catherine will accompany Prince William on an official three-day visit to India, marking her first major overseas tour in around four years. GB News royal correspondent Cameron Walker described the moment as "incredibly significant" on the programme, noting that the tour comes more than one year after the 44-year-old announced she was in remission after being diagnosed with cancer.
Walker highlighted that the Princess of Wales appears confident enough to travel long haul for the first time in a number of years, following a "pretty successful trip to Reggio Emilia in Italy around six months ago." Kensington Palace confirmed this morning that the Princess will travel with Prince William for the annual Earthshot Prize, ending weeks of speculation.
Return to the Earthshot Prize
The last time the Princess of Wales joined her husband for the Earthshot Prize was in Boston in 2022. A spokesperson for the Prince and Princess of Wales told Walker that she is "incredibly proud of her husband and all he has achieved with his environmental prize."
The couple are also said to be "incredibly excited to be back in India for the first time in a decade." During their last trip to the country in 2016, they visited New Delhi and Mumbai, and sat on the same bench that Princess Diana famously did outside the Taj Mahal in 1992.
Focus on Mumbai and Brand Britain
This time, the couple's short and focused three-day visit will be spent in Mumbai, with the British government and Foreign Office hoping to use the popularity of the future King and Queen to "boost Brand Britain" on the world stage. The government's focus is on strengthening ties with India, particularly as it tries to reduce trading tariffs and increase defence and technology ties.
Prince William's focus will be on the Earthshot Prize, and the Princess of Wales will have one or two engagements tailored to her during the week. The bulk of the programme focuses on the future King's annual environmental prize, dedicated to identifying, celebrating and backing innovative solutions to climate change, meeting this year's finalists at an iconic Mumbai location and attending the inaugural Children's Earthshot Awards Ceremony.
Catherine missed the awards in Rio de Janeiro and Cape Town in 2024 and 2025 respectively due to her cancer recovery. She also missed the awards in 2023, held in Singapore, as her eldest child, Prince George, 13, was preparing for an important school exam.
