Kate hugs young girl with cancer at Windsor Castle

The Princess of Wales has embraced a teenage miss with an assertive signifier of crab during an an investiture astatine Windsor Castle.

The princess, who past period ended chemotherapy, met with Liz Hatton, 16, aft inviting the teen to instrumentality photos.

Liz, a budding lensman who was told by doctors earlier this twelvemonth she had betwixt six months and 3 years to live, has a photography bucket list.

Prince William and Catherine, who herself is simply a keen photographer, said the young miss had inspired them both.

Liz was fixed the accidental to instrumentality photos of the investiture, featuring cyclist Mark Cavendish and ex-footballer Ally McCoist, aft Prince William heard astir Liz.

After taking photos, the royal mates met Liz and her household astatine a backstage meeting.

Prince William and Catherine wrote successful a station connected X: "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."

Liz said she was "over the moon" aft gathering the mates 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.

Liz drew up a photography bucket database aft being diagnosed with desmoplastic tiny circular compartment tumour successful January.

The uncommon quality of the crab means determination is presently nary modular attraction treatment.

Liz took up photography successful Year 6 aft redeeming up to by her archetypal camera and got the highest people imaginable successful the taxable astatine GCSE, earlier starting an A-level successful it astatine Harrogate Grammar School.

Her mum, Vicky Roboyna, antecedently told the BBC her daughters hobby had fixed her a "focus" since her diagnosis.