rachel: princess of wales and kate middleton returned to the public eye this morning for the first time since she revealed her cancer diagnosis. cheat and the royal family out on the balcony. they re there right now that s a live shot you are seeing in london as they participate in king charles the official birthday celebration, trooping the color. stephanie bennett joins us now from outside stephanie set the scene it. it s a little hard to hear. we are having audio trouble with stephanie beautiful day there now we have her. all good all good a lot of people are in the crowd right now the signal may cut in and out we did have i believe the flyover go by this is princess kate s first public appearance since december she released that statement last night saying she was hoping to make it today. and let me tell you the excitement and the cheering from the crowd once she came out first in that carriage was it just so loud it. of course the weather has not been the kindest