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.
The Princess of Wales says nature is ‘a soft voice that guides’. Photograph: @KensingtonRoyal
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.
“To be at one with nature; a quiet teacher and a soft voice that guides. In memory. Helping us to heal.”
The Mother Nature series has been a deeply personal, creative reflection on how nature has helped me heal. But it is also a story about the power of nature and creativity in collective healing.
There is so much we can learn from mother nature, as we look to build a happier,… pic.twitter.com/yZ3u6yLEe4
— The Prince and Princess of Wales (@KensingtonRoyal) January 9, 2026
The princess launched the series in spring last year as a celebration of the changing seasons across the UK.
The latest footage shows her on an early morning walk in Berkshire. It was posted online accompanied by the caption: “The Mother Nature series has been a deeply personal, creative reflection on how nature has helped me heal. But it is also a story about the power of nature and creativity in collective healing.
The video was shared online on Friday morning. Photograph: @KensingtonRoyal
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Other locations featured include Cumbria, Gloucestershire, London, East Sussex and the Cotswolds.
The post was made a day after she made a surprise appearance at Charing Cross hospital, London, to show support for under-pressure NHS staff. She and the Prince of Wales surprised volunteers and NHS staff on a tea break on Thursday as they carried out their first engagement of 2026.
