Kate Middleton has sparked new fears for her health by skipping the annual Royal Ascot horse races, leaving her glum-looking William husband flying solo at the event.

Princess Catherine recently made a heartfelt public appearance. During a visit to the Wellbeing Garden at Colchester Hospital, she planted a rose in her honor—Catherine’s Rose. This visit, which also marked her first public appearance since canceling a visit to Royal Ascot,

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.