Britain's Kate, Princess of Wales, smiles during a visit to the RHS's Wellbeing Garden at Colchester Hospital in EssexThis Wednesday, the Princess of Wales visited the cancer wellbeing centre at Colchester Hospital. Speaking to the patients there, the royal – who is in remission from cancer, and said in an Instagram post earlier this year that it would “take time to adjust to a new normal,” despite her “relief” – gave an insight into her recovery journey. “You put on a sort of brave face, stoicism through treatment... but actually the phase afterwards is really difficult,” 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.”