Kate Middleton made an emotional visit Tuesday to the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, where she was treated for cancer last year. She also announced that she and her husband will become joint patrons of the prominent cancer research hospital.

Princess Kate has made her first solo public engagement for more than a year - and it was an especially poignant outing for the mother-of-three as she returned to the hospital that treated her

The Princess of Wales, who revealed in March that she had been diagnosed with cancer after speculation surrounding her whereabouts, said on Tuesday she is in remission.