Britain’s Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton, will accompany her husband, Prince William, to India this week for the annual Earthshot Prize awards, marking her biggest foreign trip since undergoing cancer treatment in 2024.
According to Reuters, Prince William and Kate will travel to Mumbai for a series of engagements during their three-day visit, which will include Tuesday’s Earthshot Prize awards ceremony.
The visit marks Kate’s most high-profile overseas engagement since she underwent preventative chemotherapy for an unspecified form of cancer in 2024. She later announced that she was in remission but has said that the illness continues to impact her life.
Prince William, who is second in line to the British throne, founded the Earthshot Prize in 2020 to recognise and support innovative solutions to environmental challenges, including climate change. The initiative aims to identify projects that can help repair and protect the planet.
Reuters reports: “Kate, Britain’s Princess of Wales, will undertake her biggest foreign trip since having treatment for cancer when she joins her husband, Prince William, in India for his annual Earthshot Prize awards this week. Heir-to-the-throne William, 44, and Kate are flying out for a series of events across Mumbai during a three-day visit that includes Tuesday’s awards ceremony.”
It added: “For Kate, 44, the trip marks her most high-profile overseas visit since she had preventative chemotherapy for an unspecified form of cancer in 2024. While she is now in remission, she says the illness still impacts her life. William, who, like his father King Charles, has made campaigning on the environment one of his biggest causes, founded the Earthshot Prize in 2020 with the aim of finding solutions to climate change. It awards five winners £1 million ($1.3 million) each to scale up their projects.”
— ANI (@ANI) November 15, 2026
Under the award programme, five winners are selected each year and receive £1 million (approximately $1.3 million) each to scale up their projects and expand their impact.
The royal couple’s visit to Mumbai is expected to bring international attention to the Earthshot Prize and its efforts to promote environmental innovation.