Exact date Prince William will return to work following Princess Kate's cancer diagnosis
Prince William will return to work this week after taking a break from royal duties following his wife's cancer diagnosis.
Prince William has announced his first public engagement since his wife Kate revealed she had been diagnosed with cancer.
On Thursday April 18, the Prince of Wales will visit Surrey and West London to spotlight the community and environmental impact organisations in the area are having through their work.
The heir's last official engagement was on March 20 when as Colonel of the Welsh Guards he visited Combermere Barracks in Windsor. Two days later, Kate revealed she had been diagnosed with cancer in a personal and deeply moving video message.
On Thursday, William will first visit Surplus to Supper, a surplus food redistribution charity, where he will see how surplus food from across the local area is delivered, sorted and re-packaged for delivery to small community organisations.
He will then head to a youth centre in West London which receives regular deliveries of surplus food from Surplus to Supper, and will hear about how this helps the young people it supports.
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Reducing food waste, which is an issue King Charles has championed in recent years, has a considerable number of environmental benefits, including reducing emissions from landfill that contribute to climate change.
Protecting the environment for future generations is one of The Prince of Wales’s key priorities and in 2020 he launched The Earthshot Prize, a global environmental prize and platform to discover, award, celebrate and scale ground-breaking solutions to repair and regenerate the planet.
In 2021, The City of Milan won an Earthshot Prize in the ‘Build a Waste-Free World’ category for its innovative Food Hubs that collect excess food and distribute it to the communities who need it.
William has spent the past few weeks with his wife and three children, who have been off for the Easter holidays. They will return to school tomorrow, Wednesday 17, for the new school term.
