Kate Middleton flies over Banbury in royal helicopter

The Duchess of Cambridge was meeting the families of the stabbing victims in South Port on Thursday, October 10.

This was her first community visit since her cancer diagnosis marking an important outing for the royal.

Last week the helicopter was seen flying over Banbury on the route with residents spotting it in the sky not knowing who was flying above them.

One resident said at the time: “Is that the helicopter from earlier?”

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“I heard one fly over my house in the Fairway area.”

Another added: “I think I saw them over Napton.”

“Oh, is that why Hennef Way was so slow, everyone was looking up.”

Kate recently revealed she has completed her chemotherapy course and is focusing on doing what she can to stay cancer-free, with a “renewed sense of hope and appreciation of life”.

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