Catherine says she feels ‘deeply grateful’ in final instalment of Mother Nature series, a year on from cancer treatment
The Princess of Wales has marked her 44th birthday with a short video in which she says she has spent winter reflecting on how “deeply grateful” she is and how nature helps to heal.
In the video, entitled Winter and the final instalment of her quarterly Mother Nature series, Catherine says: “Even in the coldest, darkest season, winter has a way of bringing us stillness, patience and quiet consideration.”
The princess’s birthday on Friday fell just days before the first anniversary of her announcement that she was in remission from cancer.
In the video she says: “I find myself reflecting on how deeply grateful I am. For the rivers within us flow with ease, fears washed away, cleanse and purify. Come to peace with our tears and discover what it means to be alive.









