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Princess of Wales Issues First Message Since Undergoing Surgery

This undated photo issued on Sunday March 10, 2024 by Kensington Palace shows Kate, Princess of Wales with her children, Prince Louis, left, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, taken in Windsor, England, by Prince William earlier this week. (Prince of Wales/Kensington Palace via AP)
This undated photo issued on Sunday March 10, 2024 by Kensington Palace shows Kate, Princess of Wales with her children, Prince Louis, left, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, taken in Windsor, England, by Prince William earlier this week. (Prince of Wales/Kensington Palace via AP)
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Princess of Wales Issues First Message Since Undergoing Surgery

This undated photo issued on Sunday March 10, 2024 by Kensington Palace shows Kate, Princess of Wales with her children, Prince Louis, left, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, taken in Windsor, England, by Prince William earlier this week. (Prince of Wales/Kensington Palace via AP)
This undated photo issued on Sunday March 10, 2024 by Kensington Palace shows Kate, Princess of Wales with her children, Prince Louis, left, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, taken in Windsor, England, by Prince William earlier this week. (Prince of Wales/Kensington Palace via AP)

Kate, Britain's Princess of Wales, thanked the public on Sunday for their support in her first public message since undergoing abdominal surgery in January, posting a picture of herself with her three children.
The photograph, taken by her husband, heir to the throne Prince William, showed Kate, 42, smiling and looking healthy surrounded by Princes George and Louis and Princess Charlotte.
"Thank you for your kind wishes and continued support over the last two months," Kate wrote in a message on X. "Wishing everyone a Happy Mother's Day."
Mother's Day is celebrated on Sunday in Britain. The photograph was taken earlier this week in Windsor where the family live, her Kensington Palace office said.
Kate spent two weeks in hospital in January after having surgery for a non-cancerous but unspecified condition. She has not been seen in public since and Kensington Palace has said she is unlikely to return to official duties until after Easter, which falls at the end of this month.
There have been rumors and some wild speculation on social media in recent weeks about the health of the princess, who has been absent from public royal life since Christmas Day.
Her office released a statement earlier this month, reiterating that it would be providing only "significant updates" about her recovery.
Kate's surgery came on the same day that palace officials said King Charles, 75, would also be entering hospital for treatment for an enlarged prostate.
During the king's hospital stay, his medical team discovered he had an unspecified form of cancer.

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Thai Police Arrest Driver after School Bus Fire Killed 23

Thai forensic police officers inspect a burnt bus on Vibhavadi Rangsit road in Bangkok, Thailand, 01 October 2024. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK
Thai forensic police officers inspect a burnt bus on Vibhavadi Rangsit road in Bangkok, Thailand, 01 October 2024. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK
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Thai Police Arrest Driver after School Bus Fire Killed 23

Thai forensic police officers inspect a burnt bus on Vibhavadi Rangsit road in Bangkok, Thailand, 01 October 2024. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK
Thai forensic police officers inspect a burnt bus on Vibhavadi Rangsit road in Bangkok, Thailand, 01 October 2024. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK

Thai police have arrested the driver of a bus carrying young students and teachers that caught fire and killed 23 in suburban Bangkok, as families arrived in the capital Wednesday to help identify their loved ones.
The bus carrying six teachers and 39 students in elementary and junior high school was traveling from Uthai Thani province, about 300 kilometers north of Bangkok, for a school trip in Ayutthaya and Nonthaburi provinces Tuesday. The fire started while the bus was on a highway north of the capital and spread so quickly many were unable to escape, The Associated Press reported.
Trairong Phiwpan, head of the police forensic department, said 23 bodies were recovered from the bus. The recovery work and confirmation of the total dead had been delayed earlier because the burned vehicle, which was fueled with natural gas, remained too hot to enter for hours.
The families were driven from Uthai Thani in vans to the forensic department at the Police General Hospital in Bangkok on Wednesday to provide their DNA samples for the identification process. Kornchai Klaiklung, assistant to the Royal Thai Police chief, told reporters the forensics team was working as fast as it could to identify the victims.
The driver, identified by the police as Saman Chanput, surrendered Tuesday evening several hours after the fire. Police said they have charged him with reckless driving causing deaths and injuries, failing to stop to help others and failing to report the accident.
The driver told investigators he was driving normally until the bus lost balance at its front left tire, hit another car and scraped a concrete highway barrier, causing the sparks that ignited the blaze, Chayanont Meesati, deputy regional police chief, told reporters.
The driver said he ran to grab a fire extinguisher from another bus that was traveling for the same trip but he could not put out the fire, and ran away because he panicked, Chayanont said.
Police said they are also investigating whether the bus company followed all safety standards.
In an interview with public broadcaster Thai PBS, bus company owner Songwit Chinnaboot said the bus was inspected for safety twice a year as required and that the gas cylinders had passed the safety standards. He also said he would compensate the victims’ families as best as he could.
Three students are hospitalized, and the hospital said two of them were in serious condition. A 7-year-old girl suffered burns on her face, and a surgeon said doctors were doing their best to try to save her eyesight.