Princess Kate shares touching tribute to young photographer who died of rare and incurable cancer aged just 17

PRINCESS Kate has shared a touching tribute to a young lensman who died of a uncommon and incurable crab aged conscionable 17.

Liz Hatton passed distant successful the aboriginal hours yesterday astatine her location successful Harrogate, North Yorkshire.

Hatton was pictured being hugged by Kate astatine Windsor Castle successful October aft being invited to instrumentality pictures of the Prince of Wales astatine an investiture.

Paying tribute, Princess Kate said: "We are truthful atrocious to perceive that Liz Hatton has sadly passed away.

"It was an honour to person met specified a brave and humble young woman.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with Liz’s parents Vicky and Aaron and her member Mateo astatine this unimaginably hard time."

The photograph of the brace embracing touched the hearts of galore with Kate hailing the teen for inspiring her and hubby William with her spot and creativity.

The lawsuit besides marked the Princess of Wales' instrumentality to enactment aft she had gone done her ain crab conflict this year.

Kate, who dabbles successful photography herself, told the federation she had crab successful March and stepped distant from duties pursuing the announcement.

Hatton's bittersweet passing comes little than a twelvemonth aft she was diagnosed with an incurable and uncommon signifier of cancer.

Her mum posted a tribute to X connected Wednesday night, saying her girl remained determined to the precise end.

Vicky Robayna said: "We are truthful precise arrogant of the kindness, empathy and courageousness she has shown successful the past year.

"She was not lone a phenomenal photographer, she was the champion human, and the astir fantastic girl and large sister we could ever person asked for.

"No 1 could person fought harder for beingness than she did."

Hatton began a photography bucket database entreaty successful January aft her crab diagnosis.

She was invited to Windsor Castle to photograph an investiture ceremonial William was holding aft connection reached the prince astir her dream.

Surprisingly, she asked to person beverage with the royal mates afterwards wherever she was snapped hugging Kate.

The royals posted astir the meeting: "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."

Hatton was joined astatine the castle by mum Robayna, step-dad Aaron and member Mateo.

She posted astir the meeting, saying: "Such lovely, genuine and benignant people, I'm implicit the satellite that my household and I had this experience."

"It was my implicit pleasance to conscionable everyone and instrumentality photos contiguous astatine Windsor, it was a large honour and was fundamentally a imagination travel true, truthful I genuinely anticipation to beryllium portion of immoderate and each aboriginal events!"

Hatton was diagnosed with desmoplastic tiny circular compartment tumour successful January, and fixed betwixt six months and 3 years to live.

Her bucket database included a fig of antithetic types of photography that she wanted to implicit earlier her passing.

Hatton besides photographed a movie premier, London Fashion Week, and the Royal Variety Show.

William learned astir her via the London Air Ambulance Charity, which helium is patron of.

Kate returned to enactment conscionable days aft revealing she had completed her chemotherapy.

Kate has spoken astir her crab fighting, saying it was a "relief" her attraction had ended: "The past 9 months person been incredibly pugnacious for america arsenic a family."

She besides vowed to stay "side by side" with others warring the disease.

Robayna has acceptable up a GoFundMe for her daughter, which has raised £50,000 - blowing distant a £25,000 target.

She has subsequently acceptable up different fundraiser to rise £100,000 to donate into probe for the uncommon signifier of cancer.