The Princess of Wales has spoken candidly about the life-changing long-term challenges of recovering after chemotherapy, as she visited a hospital in Essex.Catherine said during treatment "you put on a sort of brave face" but afterwards it can also feel "really difficult".

The Princess of Wales has revealed more details about her cancer treatment, describing it as a "roller-coaster" when speaking to patients at a hospital in Eastern England. The 43-year-old announced in March last year she was undergoing treatment after tests following major abdominal surgery revealed she had a form of cancer.

She shared that patients recovering from cancer "put on a sort of brave face" and tend to show "stoicism" but "the phase afterwards is really, you know, difficult".