The Princess of Wales could become TIME magazine’s person of the year after making the ten-name shortlist for the accolade.
Kate features alongside podcaster Joe Rogan, US president-elect Donald Trump and entrepreneur Elon Musk among the contenders for the title.
Last year’s award went to Taylor Swift on the back of her record-breaking Eras tour.
The magazine awards the title to the person, group, or concept that had the biggest impact, for better or worse, on the world over the previous year.
Also joining the Princess of Wales on the shortlist is Kamala Harris, Yulia Navalnaya, Benjamin Netanyahu, Jerome Powell, Claudia Sheinbaum, and Mark Zuckerberg.
Kate is making a gradual return to public events after completing her cancer treatment around four months ago.
Last week, the Princess of Wales spoke of “challenging times” and how she “didn’t know” what this year would bring as she made a rare public appearance at her annual Christmas carol service.
She was heard on broadcast footage telling singer Paloma Faith: “I didn’t know this year was going to be the year I’ve just had.”
When Faith replied “the unplanned”, Kate said: “The unplanned, exactly.
“But I think lots of people this year have had such challenging times.”
It is the fourth time the princess has held her event at Westminster Abbey in celebration of the positive qualities found in many and to bring festive cheer to the capital and associated events around the country.
Donald Trump, who is also shortlisted, revealed that Prince William told him that Kate was doing very well after finishing her cancer treatment during their meeting at the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral.
The US president-elect said he had discussed the health of King Charles and Kate with the Prince of Wales as they met in Paris following the ceremonial reopening of the historic cathedral on Saturday after both were separately diagnosed with cancer this year.
Trump said: “I asked him about his wife and he said she’s doing well.
“And I asked him about his father and his father is fighting very hard, and he loves his father and he loves his wife, so it was sad.
“We had a great talk for half an hour, a little more than half an hour. We had a great, great talk.”
