Liz Hatton: Teenager had only one fear despite dying of cancer - but it was heartbreaking

Liz Hatton, who met the Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton, and touched the hearts of the nation, was diagnosed with an incurable desmoplastic tiny circular compartment tumour little than 1 twelvemonth ago

A teen who inspired the Princess of Wales had lone 1 fearfulness contempt dying of cancer - but it was a heartbreaking concern.

Liz Hatton met Princess Kate past period aft she was invited by Prince William to instrumentality pictures of an investiture helium was holding astatine Windsor Castle. Liz's photography bucket list caught the attraction of Kate arsenic she excessively had been diagnosed with crab astatine a akin time.

And Liz, 17, was ne'er frightened of dying, her mum said past nighttime arsenic she paid an affectional tribute to her daughter. However, the teenager, of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, was acrophobic she was leaving her younger brother, Mateo, behind. Their mum, Vicky Robayna, expressed the family's tendency to guarantee they enactment Mateo now.

"I could not beryllium prouder of her. She has faced each time with unbelievable bravery. And present it's our crook to bash her arrogant and springiness her member the beingness she expects america to. She was ne'er frightened of dying but she was terrified of leaving him behind. It's our occupation to marque that a small easier for her," the mum said.

The household had arranged to observe Christmas aboriginal this play due to the fact that it was Mateo's privation to person her present for it. Tragically, it wasn't to beryllium as.

But, though her information was rapidly deteriorating, the teen connected the reddish carpet of the Royal Variety Show past Friday and was arrogant beyond content to be an accumulation of her unthinkable enactment successful London.

Ms Robayna told the Daily Mail : "She went retired successful a blaze of glory with astir everyone she cared retired seeing her for the past clip astatine her accumulation past week... Even yesterday she was telling maine that I had amended get nurses sorted truthful she could bash much things."

Liz was diagnosed with an incurable desmoplastic tiny circular compartment tumour little than 1 twelvemonth ago. She compiled an inspirational "bucket list" of assignments to implicit successful the past months of her life, which reached the ears of the aboriginal king and queen.

And, successful a poignant encounter, Kate was seen embracing the aspiring lensman astatine Windsor Castle successful October. The representation touched the hearts of the federation arsenic the Princess of Wales has gone done her ain crab travel this year. It is understood the brace talked warmly astir their shared emotion of photography. Ms Robayna's said Liz's passionateness for the creation began erstwhile she was a young child.

The household person present started a Just Giving page saying they are making it their ngo to rise wealth to money probe into demoplastic tiny circular compartment tumour successful Liz's memory.