William & Kate: Marriage on the Brink?

Controversy, nagging rumors and health issues take a toll

She was the image of perfection as usual. In her first official outing in six months — three since revealing she has cancer — Princess Kate looked as polished as ever as she joined the royal family for Trooping the Colour celebrations in London on June 15. “The princess has this sort of swanlike quality about her — she’s sort of gliding on the surface,” royal expert Katie Nicholl observed. “But beneath the water, I think often she’s paddling quite frantically.”