Kate Middleton made her first public appearance since missing Royal Ascot, planting a rose named in her honor at a hospital garden, where she opened up about her cancer journey.

Catherine, Princess of Wales, is giving a raw look into her life after cancer and opening up about the recovery process. During a new public appearance at a hospital in Essex, England, the former Kate Middleton spoke to patients about her own experience with cancer.

You’re not necessarily under the clinical team any longer, but you’re not able to function normally at home as you perhaps once used to,” the Princess of Wales said Wednesday.