David Walliams visits Birmingham Children's Hospital - BBC

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David Walliams said helium loved listening to the children's stories

David Walliams and Aston Villa players person visited Birmingham's Children Hospital to dispersed immoderate festive cheer.

The writer precocious donated this year's royalties from his publication The Midnight Gang to enactment the Virtual Reality Appeal.

The infirmary hopes to usage VR headsets to distract children portion they acquisition treatment, to trim anxiety.

Players went with gifts and Walliams besides dressed arsenic Father Christmas during Monday's visit.

On societal media, The Britain's Got Talent justice and prima of Little Britain wrote: "I met inspirational patients and loved listening to each their stories. It was a humbling time and 1 I volition ne'er forget."

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The infirmary said the BGT justice had brought festive cheer to the patients

This twelvemonth was the archetypal clip since the pandemic the infirmary was capable to invited backmost players from the Premier League team.

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The infirmary welcomed backmost Aston Villa players for the archetypal clip since the pandemic

The infirmary said Villa squad "really did assistance to marque Christmas consciousness that small spot much peculiar for our sick kids".

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There were smiles each astir the wards erstwhile the writer came to visit

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