Also during her visit, Kate took a moment to serve in the hospital’s Royal Horticultural Society Wellbeing Garden, which offers respite to patients, visitors and others. Kate planted several Catherine’s Rose plants in the garden, a rose the hospital named after the princess.

The Princess of Wales carried out an important meeting at Windsor Castle on Thursday morning, the Court Circular has now revealed. It reveals that in her role as Joint Patron of the Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, the Princess held an Early Years meeting at Windsor Castle.

Catherine, Princess of Wales visited a wellbeing garden at Colchester Hospital on Wednesday, marking her first public appearance since she unexpectedly dropped out of an appearance at Royal Ascot two weeks ago.