As Princess Kate continues to receive treatment for an undisclosed type of cancer, the date of her return to public service remains ambiguous, with some saying it will be this fall, while others speculating that it could be by 2025. "It was really clear that Kate needed space and privacy to recover right now," Kensington Palace said recently. "She goes back to work when she receives the green light from the doctor."

But when Kate comes back — whenever it may be — a source speaking to us Weekly says her return will look different from her role before 2024 and this year's health challenges. After all, let's face it — cancer changes one's life in countless ways, and after experiencing such a health crisis, it is difficult to return, for better or worse, to the person you were before, so far completely. According to a source speaking to the US weekly, Kate's team is "reevaluating what she can take on when she comes back," and "she may never come back to the roles people have seen her before.""

Kate of the good news seems to be reacting to the treatment, and she's been around the corner within the past 1 month. "Kate feels strong enough to be very involved with the children," the source said in a US weekly magazine, adding that she has been found running errands both alone with the family in recent weeks. "She was an active parent."

Of her recovery, it's "doing well," they said. "She can't meet a lot of people because she's prone to illness, and they don't want her to be in danger, but she's standing up."

In what continues to be a tumultuous year, the Royal Family has significantly shrunk the deal in light of the 4 general elections in the UK, giving Kate's husband Prince William more time at home with Kate and the children. "The announcement that the Royals can't work that much was unexpected, but Kate and William can spend more time together.""

When able, 5 Welsh families are mostly staying in their country home in Norfolk on Anmer Hall, Sandringham Estate— with swimming pools, tennis courts and ample space for Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis to run and play." A 10-bedroom house with two bedrooms. "They spend a lot of time there as a family," they said, and because the 3 kids leave school soon, "They keep Kate busy cooking and baking, two of her favorite pastimes, for her part." 

Outside of 5 immediate family members, Kate's mother, Carol Middleton, and sister, Pippa Middleton Matthews, are "always present," they said. Richard Fitzwilliams, an expert on the Royal Family, said of Middleton, who also included Kate's father, Michael, and younger brother, James, that they had "always been very intimate." "The royal family has to be terribly careful about [who they put in], but Kate knows who to trust.

Kate, whenever it may be, before her final return, by the fall to reflect on what her role as a working royal family would look like, Fitzwilliams said, "I hope you've heard [by then] from Kensington Palace when appropriate."Because we should have learned lessons from what happened before," he said, referring to a conspiracy theory that prevailed before Kate's 3/22 video message announced her diagnosis. "If you're not told at all and a few months pass, there's obviously speculation and it could happen again. So I'm sure it will be treated differently.

When Kate comes back, "It's based on medical advice and is very carefully balanced," Fitzwilliams said, adding that her battle with Kate Gunn is "obviously tremendously draining." "

No one outside Kate's inner circle — and even Kate herself may know at this point — knows what the New normal of the Princess of Wales will look like as long as it is a working royal family, but is a bit different from Kate in the public eye who knew before 2024 happened." You need to be prepared so that you can get the most out of it."Her role may look very different," they said. "She sees how it forms.”