A lot changes in a year.
Kate Middleton celebrated Mother’s Day in the UK on Sunday with a heartfelt Instagram post one year after her Photoshop debacle made headlines before she announced she had cancer.
The Princess of Wales, 43, shared a video honoring Mother Nature with shots of her touching a tree and walking through a field.
The 2024 photoshopped image of Kate Middleton and her children. Prince of Wales/Kensington Palac / MEGA
“Over the past year, nature has been our sanctuary,” Middleton wrote. “This Mother’s Day, let us celebrate Mother Nature and recognise how our bond with the natural world can help not only nurture our inner selves, but remind us too of the role we play within the rich tapestry of life.”
Kate Middleton in her UK Mother’s Day 2025 post. Instagram/@princeandprincessofwales
Kate Middleton walking through a field barefoot. Instagram/@princeandprincessofwales
Kate Middleton’s message to mark Mother’s Day in the UK. Instagram/@princeandprincessofwales
On the holiday last year, Middleton shared a photo with her and Prince William’s kids Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6, after spending weeks out of the spotlight following her abdominal surgery in Jan. 2024.
“Thank you for your kind wishes and continued support over the last two months,” Middleton wrote alongside the family photo last year. “Wishing everyone a Happy Mother’s Day.”
But the image was perforated with a multitude of editing errors — with several photo agencies such as the Associated Press retracting the pic and urging media outlets not to use it as it was “manipulated.”
The agencies even asked Kensington Palace to send them an unaltered version of the graphic, but they refused.
Kate Middleton and Prince William with two of their children. MEGA
Middleton spoke out and admitted she was behind the photo editing fail.
“Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing. I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused,” she wrote on X at the time.
Kate Middleton with Prince George and Princess Charlotte in 2018. Getty Images
The future queen later announced that she was diagnosed with cancer in a video message on March 22, 2024.
Following her diagnosis, she mostly stayed out of the spotlight while she was going through chemo.
In Sept. 2024, Middleton announced she was “cancer free.” Four months later, she confirmed that she was in remission.
Kate Middleton at the 2025 Irish Guards’ St. Patrick’s Day Parade in London. / SplashNews.com
“As anyone who has experienced a cancer diagnosis will know, it takes time to adjust to a new normal,” she wrote in a statement on Instagram in January. “I am however looking forward to a fulfilling year ahead. There is much to look forward to. Thank you to everyone for your continued support.”
Middleton has since returned to her public royal duties. She attended the Commonwealth Day Service of Celebration at Westminster Abbey in London earlier this month, after skipping the event last year.
King Charles, 76, was also diagnosed with cancer last year. On Thursday, the monarch was hospitalized after experiencing “temporary” side effects from his treatment, leading him to cancel all his commitments on Friday.
