Kate Middleton shares emotional embrace with fellow cancer sufferer

In an affectional scene, the Princess of Wales hugged budding lensman Liz Hatton, 16, who is bravely battling a uncommon and assertive tumour, astatine Windsor Castle

The Princess of Wales hugged a young chap cancer sufferer aft she was invited to Windsor Castle to instrumentality pictures with Prince William.

In an affectional scene, budding lensman Liz Hatton, 16, who is bravely battling a uncommon and assertive tumour, was asked by the Prince of Wales to articulation him astatine an investiture helium was holding to seizure participants including legendary cyclist Sir Mark Cavendish, erstwhile rugby referee Waynes Barnes and Scottish footballing fable Ali McCoist. Liz, from Harrogate successful Yorkshire, has acceptable herself a situation to instrumentality portion successful arsenic galore photography experiences arsenic imaginable and received a idiosyncratic invitation from the aboriginal King aft helium recovered retired astir her done the London Air Ambulance Charity, of which helium is patron.

The Princess of Wales announced past period that she had completed her chemotherapy attraction aft being diagnosed with crab successful February. In a idiosyncratic connection connected societal media, William and Kate said connected Wednesday night: "A pleasance to conscionable with Liz astatine Windsor today.

“A talented young lensman whose creativity and spot has inspired america both. Thank you for sharing your photos and communicative with us. W&C." Liz described being "over the moon" aft gathering the prince and princess astatine the castle.

"Such lovely, genuine and benignant people, I'm implicit the satellite that my household and I had this experience," she wrote connected societal media. Despite the gathering with Liz taking spot successful a backstage capableness aft the investiture, it is the archetypal clip the princess has been seen successful an authoritative capableness since she announces she would dilatory instrumentality to duties aft 9 months distant to ore connected her recovery.

In an affectional audio connection implicit an intimate video of the princess with hubby Prince William and their 3 children successful the Norfolk countryside, the aboriginal queen said she was looking guardant to returning to duties but admitted “my way to healing and afloat betterment is agelong and I indispensable proceed to instrumentality each time arsenic it comes”. Kate, who is expected to look with different elder royals astatine the Remembrance Day services astatine the Cenotaph adjacent period successful what could beryllium her archetypal authoritative engagement back, wore her hairsbreadth down with golden earrings, with a dressed successful a burgundy trouser suit and beige apical and was pictured embracing Liz.

The prince and princess besides posed for a radical changeable with Liz's family, her parent Vicky, stepfather Aaron and member Mateo. The teen began a photography bucket database entreaty aft being diagnosed with desmoplastic tiny circular compartment tumour successful January.

Her mum, Vicky Roboyna, said successful June doctors person told her girl she has betwixt six months and 3 years to live. Liz was invited by the prince to instrumentality photos of investiture recipients receiving their honours from William and larn astir pictures taken passim the day.

Some of her images were shared connected Kensington Palace's societal media including photos of cyclist Sir Mark Cavendish with the prince, and footballer Karen Carney. Kensington Palace said William recovered retired astir Liz done the London Air Ambulance Charity of which helium is patron. "Following the investiture some the Prince and Princess of Wales met Liz privately with her household to perceive astir her time and journey," a Palace spokesperson said.