United Kingdom, July 2 -- Catherine, Princess of Wales, has admitted the post-treatment phase of having cancer is a "really difficult" time - because you are expected to simply "be better".

The 43-year-old royal is slowly returning to public life while in remission for cancer and she has now admitted the expectation that any cancer patient should simply be better when they finish their treatment is not realistic.

Catherine made her comments whilst speaking to staff, patients and volunteers at the RHS' Wellbeing Garden at Colchester Hospital in Essex, England, on Tuesday (02.07.25).

She said: "There is a whole phase when you finish your treatment, everybody expects you to be better - go! But that's not the case at all.

"You put on a so...