PRINCESS Kate met a young girl battling cancer today in her first public outing since revealing she’s finished chemo.
The Princess of Wales, 42, was pictured alongside sixteen-year-old Liz at Windsor Castle, as well as her husband Prince William.
A heartwarming image posted to the royal couple’s official Instagram page showed the young photographer embracing Kate.
Kate, wearing her hair down with gold earrings, was dressed in a burgundy trouser suit and beige top.
A second shot saw Kate and hubby Wills alongside Liz, from Harrogate, and her family, including mum Vicky Roboyna, stepfather Aaron and brother Mateo.
The caption read: “A pleasure to meet with Liz at Windsor today.
“A talented young photographer whose creativity and strength has inspired us both.
“Thank you for sharing your photos and story with us. W&C”
Liz was diagnosed with desmoplastic small round cell tumour in January and began a photography bucket list appeal.
Doctors said she has between six months and three years to live and Liz is fitting photography experiences around her treatment.
Liz was invited by the prince to take photos of investiture recipients receiving their honours from William and learn about pictures taken throughout the day.
Some of her images were shared on Kensington Palace’s social media including photos of cyclist Sir Mark Cavendish with the prince and footballer Karen Carney.
Kensington Palace said William found out about Liz through the London Air Ambulance Charity of which he is patron.
“Following the investiture both the Prince and Princess of Wales met Liz privately with her family to hear about her day and journey,” a Palace spokesperson said.
The aspiring teenage snapper later shared the hugging picture to her own social media story.
Liz wrote: “Such a lovely, genuine and kind people. I’m over the moon that my family and I had this experience.”
It comes as Kate made a secret trip to the ballet to watch a two-hour show in north London.
She watched the two-hour matinee performance of English National Ballet’s Giselle at Sadler’s Wells theatre, in Angel.
Posting a photo on social media – which she did not take herself – she wrote a message and signed it off with ‘C’.
Kate penned the heartwarming message to performers and directors of the English National Ballet on X, formerly Twitter.
The sweet message was posted on the official joint Twitter account for the Prince and Princess of Wales.
It read: “Congratulations and thank you to @ENBallet and @Sadlers_Wells for the wonderfully powerful, moving and inspiring performance of Akram Khan’s Giselle.
“Creativity at its best! C”
Kate returned to work at Windsor Castle just days after revealing she had completed her chemotherapy.
She held her first official meeting in more than nine months hosting a chat with early years charity chiefs.
The princess recently revealed she had completed her treatment and was set to appear at a handful of engagements before the end of the year.
The official Court Circular, which lists all royal engagements, read: “The Princess of Wales, Joint Patron, The Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, this afternoon held an Early Years Meeting at Windsor Castle.”
There were no photos of the meeting but it is understood she was joined by members of her household team and representatives from the The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood.
Kate launched the centre in June 2021 to drive awareness of and action on the extraordinary impact of the early years, in order to transform society for the future.
She had been kept up to date with the early years scheme while having cancer treatment.
In May, sources close to Kate said she was “excited” after being well enough to be briefed on the findings of a taskforce she set up to help the under 5s.
She had read a 60-page report on her early years project and said to have been “kept up-to-date” with the work which has been published, it was understood.
The Windsor Castle bash is the first meeting that has been noted in the Court Circular since her health scare, the palace said.
It is actually her first meeting listed on the register since December 6.
Timeline of Kate's health battle & recovery
JAN 16: Kate is admitted to the London Clinic for abdominal surgery
JAN 17: Kensington Palace announce the princess underwent surgery
JAN 18: William spends time at Kate’s bedside
JAN 23: The princess’ hospital stay passes one week
JAN 29: Kate leaves hospital
FEB 27: Prince William pulls out of service last-minute due to ‘personal matter’, sparking wave of unfounded conspiracy theories about Kate’s health
MAR 4: Princess pictured in the car with mum Carole on the Windsor estate
Mar 10: Royal posts a sweet snap of her and the kids for Mother’s Day – then fans started spotting flaws, and massive agencies put out ‘kill notice’ on photo
Mar 11: Kate admits she edited photo and is snapped in the car with William
Mar 16: Royal fans spot the princess at a farm shop near Windsor
Mar 17: Onlookers see Kate watching her youngsters playing sport
Mar 18: The Sun exclusively published a video of Kate and Wills from two days prior
MAR 22: Kate bravely reveals in an emotional video that she was given a shock cancer diagnosis
April 29: Kate and William mark 13th anniversary releasing unseen wedding photos
June 8: Kate does not attend Colonel’s Review but letter she penned to Irish Guards reveals she said: “I do hope that I am able to represent you all once again very soon”
June 14: Kate attended Trooping the Colour alongside her family
July 14: Kate attended the Wimbledon Men’s Final with Princess Charlotte
September 9: Kate reveals she’s finished chemotherapy with an intimate video showing family life
September 17: Princess returns to work at Windsor Castle hosting chat with early years charity chiefs
She spent 13 nights in the London Clinic for planned abdominal surgery.
And later revealed in a video statement that she was being treated for cancer.
She made her public comeback appearing at Trooping the Colour celebrations in London in June.
Then wowed crowds as she took centre stage in the Royal Box to watch the men’s tennis finals at Wimbledon in July.
Kate has earmarked joining her family at Armistice Day in November where in previous years she has watched over the King and Prince William lay wreaths from the balcony of the Foreign Office building.
And is expected to have a role in her annual Christmas carol concert at Westminster Abbey in December.
During an emotional video last week, Kate described her “relief” at finishing cancer treatment and said: “Staying cancer free is now my focus”.
Meanwhile, Prince Harry landed in southern Africa for another trip without his wife Meghan Markle.
The Duke of Sussex, 40, had lunch with Princess Senate Seeiso of Lesotho, 23, and was pictured standing beside the young royal.
He made a brief visit to the UK to hail a group of “little legends” honoured at an awards ceremony.
He paid tribute to the children and teenagers recognised at the WellChild Awards – who act as carers, fundraisers or just carry on with life as they cope with debilitating conditions.
