{"id":2227006,"date":"2026-01-08T13:37:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2227006"},"modified":"2026-01-08T13:37:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:37:36","slug":"kate-middleton-makes-surprise-appearance-with-prince-william-for-first-royal-outing-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kate-middleton-makes-surprise-appearance-with-prince-william-for-first-royal-outing-of-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton Makes Surprise Appearance with Prince William for First Royal Outing of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kate Middleton and Prince William stepped out for their first royal engagement of 2026 on Thursday, Jan. 8<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Prince and Princess of Wales visited health workers at Charing Cross Hospital in London<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">William highlighted the crucial work by health workers during the winter months<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/kate-middleton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kate Middleton;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kate Middleton<\/a> is starting 2026 with a surprise!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Princess of Wales, 43, joined <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/prince-william\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Prince William;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Prince William<\/a> for an unannounced visit to health workers at Charing Cross Hospital in London on Thursday, Jan. 8. wearing a maroon suit with a burgundy blouse, coordinating shoes and a brown handbag<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">William, also 43, and Kate, are joint patrons of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nhscharitiestogether.co.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NHS Charities Together;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">NHS Charities Together<\/a> and spent time talking to health workers about the pressures they face during the winter virus season, and met volunteers managed by the charity who help to improve care for patients and take pressure off the wider workforce.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Ryan Jenkinson \/ Kensington Palace<\/p>\n<p> Kate Middleton at Charing Cross Hospital<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NHS Charities Together represents over 220 NHS charities based in every NHS Trust and Health Board across the U.K., giving \u00a31.5 million every day to the NHS. Through their work, NHS charities help to drive innovation, transform care and support staff well-being.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">By investing in state-of-the-art equipment, buildings, green spaces and arts, they aim to improve care for patients and also lead prevention projects in the community that help people to stay well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After chatting to staff, William and Kate took part in a roundtable conversation with NHS charity CEOs and Trustees, clinicians, patients and volunteers as well as policymakers and philanthropists, to discuss the benefits of giving to the NHS as part of the healing journey, as well as the change this can drive for healthcare.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Ryan Jenkinson \/ Kensington Palace Kate Middleton and Prince William at Charing Cross Hospital\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"606\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/nZxQzqiS6_PHKwSOvuOaDg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTE1MjE7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/0950244086b0293e8d2aad921aca53bf\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Ryan Jenkinson \/ Kensington Palace<\/p>\n<p> Kate Middleton and Prince William at Charing Cross Hospital<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During his previous engagement with the charity, William <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/prince-william-visits-hospital-kate-middleton-born-showcase-healthcare-charity-11690294\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:went to the hospital;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">went to the hospital<\/a> where Kate was born, in Reading, England. His March 2025 visit marked five years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and during his outing, he paid tribute to the charity for the work it had done to help staff and patients.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The charity had generated $200 million to support patients, hospital staff and volunteers on the frontline of the health crisis over the years of the epidemic.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Ryan Jenkinson \/ Kensington Palace Kate Middleton meets patients at Charing Cross Hospital\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Gl__ZmQAXjIRF2uzK95Z8A--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/50c23c34ec97e1bebdc8e8e0521591d3\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Ryan Jenkinson \/ Kensington Palace<\/p>\n<p> Kate Middleton meets patients at Charing Cross Hospital<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Can&#8217;t get enough of PEOPLE&#8217;s Royals coverage?\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.email.people.com\/royals?source=in-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sign up for our newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sign up for our newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to get the latest updates on\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/kate-middleton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kate Middleton;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kate Middleton<\/a>,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/meghan-markle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Meghan Markle;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Meghan Markle<\/a>\u00a0and more!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Thursday&#8217;s outing is the first time William and Kate have been seen in public since Christmas Day, when they walked to and from church in Sandringham with other members of the royal family and their children, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/prince-george\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Prince George;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Prince George<\/a>, 12, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/princess-charlotte\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Princess Charlotte;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Princess Charlotte<\/a>, 10, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/prince-louis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Prince Louis;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Prince Louis<\/a>, 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They are believed to have spent much of the Christmas and New Year break at their home at Anmer Hall on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The children returned to their school on Jan. 7. On Friday, Jan 9, the family will celebrate Princess Kate&#8217;s 44th birthday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/prince-william-first-royal-outing-2026-hospital-visit-ahead-kate-middleton-birthday-11880706\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source uk.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Kate Middleton and Prince William stepped out for their first royal engagement of 2026 on Thursday, Jan. 8 The Prince and Princess of Wales visited health workers at Charing Cross Hospital in London William highlighted the crucial work by health workers during the winter months Kate Middleton is starting 2026 with a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2227007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[430847,430848,23651,45177,23068,430849,46636],"class_list":["post-2227006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-charing-cross-hospital","tag-health-workers","tag-kate-middleton","tag-kensington-palace","tag-prince-william","tag-ryan-jenkinson","tag-william-and-kate"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Kate-Middleton-Makes-Surprise-Appearance-with-Prince-William-for-First.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2227006"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2227008,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227006\/revisions\/2227008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2227007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2227006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2227006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2227006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}