Liz Hatton’s mother reveals how Prince William and Kate Middleton have continued to support the family after teenager’s death from cancer

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Edit to add Liz 's mother's link to raise money for Desmoplastic Small Round Cell tumor shared by RiverWeatherWax:
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/vicky-robayna

Liz Hatton's mother, Vicky spoke about the support their family has received from The Prince and Princess of Wales-

Vicky Robayna speaking at her daughter Liz's memorial today, said that The Prince and Princess of Wales had been 'so kind, so caring' and she couldn't thank them, or their team, enough.

Surrounded by her talented daughter's photographs that first brought her to William and Kate's attention, she said:

'They are so incredibly kind. They have been in touch throughout. It's been a difficult time but we have had messages from them. They and their team are often checking in. They have looked after us incredibly.

'They even invited us down to the carol service on Friday. We didn't know if we would feel up to going, but I am so glad we did. It was so beautiful. They really looked after us.

I knew it would be one of those things we would regret if we hadn't gone. It was tough as Liz had been determined to go to it and we now have so many memories associated with London. But I think we knew how cross she would be with us if we didn't go. The prince and princess made it a lot easier. '

She also said:

'We are taking a lot of comfort from the legacy she has left for someone her age. And we really do have the prince and princess to thank for that. I mean before that there had been a little publicity about her bucket list but after they highlighted it, it just absolutely skyrocketed.

'I have seen things on Twitter (X) attacking them and saying they have only done it for the publicity but that is just such rubbish. It just makes me so angry. We gave them full permission to make Liz's story public in order to help her and others. No-one will ever know the extent of what they and their team have done behind the scenes to help us. They have all been unbelievably kind and they've kept in touch with all this time and looked after us so well. Liz wanted people to know that.

'She loved their authenticity. I think kids can sniff that out. A lot of the reasons she did the press afterwards was because she wanted to tell everybody how kind the prince and princess were. They were so sincere.

Liz knew how hard chemotherapy is and was angry that some people had criticised the princess over how she had handled her diagnosis. It made her incredibly sad. She was furious that people weren't being kind.'

Vicky also announced their intention to create a charity dedicated to research into rare forms of cancer such as her own. The family have already set up a fund which has raised £40,000 in just a matter of days.