The Princess of Wales has taken to her and Prince William’s official social media pages to release a rare personal message relating to one of her much-loved causes

The Princess of Wales has issued a rare personal message relating to her work duties amid her recovery following her cancer diagnosis.

Kate has only made several puplic appearances this year following her major abdominal surgery in January and her cancer diagnosis, which she revealed in March. She has been undergoing preventative chemotherapy and it is not yet known when she will return to more regular royal duties.

However, today, Kate did take to her and Prince William’s official X page to issue a statement about an organisation close to her heart – and how she’s looking forward to working with them in the future.

In her role as joint president of the the Scout Association, she revealed how she is “looking forward” to working with the UK’s new chief scout, Dwayne Fields. She said: “said: “Delighted to welcome @DwayneFields as the new UK chief scout.

“The Scouts is such an incredible organisation, teaching #SkillsForLife and making a huge difference to young people across the country. Looking forward to working with you! C” The C denotes that it is a personal message from Kate herself. She has been joint president of the Scouts Association for many years alongside the Duke of Kent, and is the first female to hold the post.

Last year in the days after King Charles’ Coronation, Kate memorably took William and their three children to a Scouts hut in Slough where they got stuck in helping to renovate their facilities.

Kate began her support for Scouts as a volunteer while living on Anglesey and has been “a great friend” of the movement, according to the organisation’s website. Born in Jamaica, Mr Fields came to the UK at the age of six. He grew up in inner city London without access to nature and said the Scouts made a “huge difference” to his life.

Mr Fields said: “It’s absolutely a sense of honour (to be appointed) – initially disbelief, followed by a huge sense of pride in something that’s made a huge difference to my life. I remember being seven years old and walking into that Cub Scouts hut in Palmers Green in north London, and I never thought I belonged anywhere until the moment I walked into that hut. And now to be given this role as chief scout, to me it’s pride of place, really. It’s the fact that other young people can look at me and say, ‘Well, actually, that guy started exactly where I am’..”