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Kate Middleton Honors Teen with Most cancers on What Would Have Been Her 18th Birthday
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- Kate Middleton paid tribute to a teenage photographer, who died of most cancers, on what would have been her 18th birthday on Aug. 31
- Liz Hatton died at age 17 in November 2024 after being identified with an aggressive desmoplastic small spherical cell tumor
- The submit contained a photograph of {a photograph} on show on an easel at Windsor Fort in England, alongside a caption explaining that the “picture was taken by Liz throughout an Investiture at Windsor Fort in October 2024”
Kate Middleton paid tribute to a teenage photographer on what would have been her 18th birthday.
The Princess of Wales, 43, honored the late Liz Hatton, who died of cancer at age 17 in November 2024, with a touching post on her joint social media accounts with husband Prince William on Aug. 31.
The couple shared a photograph of {a photograph} on show on an easel at Windsor Fort in England, alongside a caption explaining its significance.
“Remembering Liz Hatton at the moment on what would have been her 18th birthday. The photograph proven on this picture was taken by Liz throughout an Investiture at Windsor Fort in October 2024, and is on show at the moment within the spot the place it was taken,” they wrote.
The submit was shared on Hatton’s Instagram Stories, with a caption thanking William, 43, and Kate.
An emotional tribute to Hatton was additionally posted on the late teen’s Instagram feed.
“Tomorrow ought to have been Liz’s 18th Birthday. I ponder if she had been penning this submit what she would have written. I think one thing on the traces of ‘Right here’s to a lifetime of taking pictures,’ ” the caption learn.
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Again in March, Kate and William shared an inspiring tribute to Hatton on Worldwide Ladies’s Day to have a good time “the power and creativity of Liz and [her mother] Vicky Hatton.”
“It was an honor assembly them each in Windsor in October,” the couple wrote within the caption.
The submit additionally remembered Hatton for her “unwavering resilience.”
The tribute was shared alongside a earlier social media submit, which featured a photograph of Kate embracing Hatton when the pair first met at Windsor Fort final yr, in addition to one other of Kate and William posing with the teenager and her household.
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Hatton died final yr after being identified with an aggressive desmoplastic small spherical cell tumor, her mom beforehand introduced on Instagram.
The late photographer created a bucket checklist — which included her want to fulfill Princess Kate — in January 2024, per BBC News.
After Hatton’s dying, the Prince and Princess of Wales wrote in a press release, “We’re so sorry to listen to that Liz Hatton has sadly handed away. It was an honour to have met such a courageous and humble younger girl.”
“Our ideas and prayers are with Liz’s dad and mom Vicky and Aaron and her brother Mateo at this unimaginably troublesome time,” they added.