The mum of three, 42, went under the knife in January for an undisclosed procedure and an insider has now claimed she has returned to her family home of Adelaide Cottage on the Windsor estate to recover so she can return to public duties at Easter.
A palace insider also told Us Weekly Kate is already “planning engagements and speaking with her team” to prepare for her comeback.
They added: “Catherine will still be healing for several weeks, but is already eager to get back to work.”
Kensington Palace has maintained the royal won’t step out in public until she’s fully recovered.
The source also praised Kate for ensuring she doesn’t strain herself too early, saying: “It is sensible to take the time. That is a great example to the rest of us, as you’re often told to get back to work as soon as possible, which can be damaging.”
Despite Kate’s surgery being planned in advance, a source told Page Six her procedure was kept so secret that not even her closest advisers knew she would be going into hospital because she and her husband, Prince William, 41, wanted to maintain privacy.
The couple’s three children — Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 8, and 5-year-old Prince Louis — are understood not to have visited their mum at The London Clinic where she was treated, but are believed to have FaceTimed her during the stay.
