Catherine, Princess of Wales, Speaks About Cancer Recovery in Country Life Interview
Catherine, Princess of Wales, has spoken about her recovery from cancer in a special issue of Country Life, a long-running British weekly magazine about the countryside. Town & Country reported the interview on November 11, 2026.
The interview was conducted by Robert Macfarlane, a British writer known for books about landscape and nature. The edition was edited by William, Prince of Wales, her husband. It also includes a kingfisher drawing made by their son, Prince George, when he was 12.
The princess said that when she was in hospital, she was told her recovery would not be a straight line. There would be good days and bad days, and it would take time. She has taken that advice to heart, and she described it as a lesson she still applies.
She called nature her "sanctuary." She linked time spent outdoors, along with rest, reflection and renewal, to her own recovery. She said she is passionate about approaching illness and healing in a whole-person way, based on what she has learned from her own experience.
She also said she is worried about growing anxiety among young people in a more digital world. Her comments on that point ran alongside the cancer discussion in the interview.
The timing of the interview's publication also coincided with a public visit. The princess went to Chase Community Hospital in Hampshire, a county in southern England, to see a project supported by the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood. The centre focuses on the early years of children's lives.
At the hospital, she met health visitors, the nurses who check on babies and young families. They were using the Alarm Distress Baby Scale, known as ADBB, a tool for assessing distress in infants from 0 to 24 months old.
For American readers, Country Life is not a general-interest title. It is a traditional British magazine, and its special issues often bring well-known names into its pages. This one put a personal health story next to a child's drawing and a conversation about screens and young people.
