Kate & William Royal Marsden Hospital

Following in Diana's footsteps: Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit cancer-stricken children at Royal Marsden hospital

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He hadn't slept after a frantic night of emergency rescues in his RAF helicopter.

But no amount of drama in the air was going to stop Prince William making one important stop on solid ground yesterday.

Almost 30 years after Princess Diana toured the Royal Marsden Hospital in Surrey on her first solo engagement in 1982, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited to meet young cancer sufferers.

The Royal couple meet Digby Davidson, was treated for cancer last year but suffered a relapse and spends much of his time in hospital

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge meet with patient Digby Davidson today as part of their tour of the Oak Centre, a new £18m cancer unit at the Royal Marsden hospital in Sutton
William, president of the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, poses with patient Ellis Andrews at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in South London
William, president of the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, poses with patient Ellis Andrews at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in South London

William, president of the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, poses with patient Ellis Andrews at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in South London, while Kate, right, chats to patient Fabian Bate

And they chatted animatedly to the patients in the hospital's new £18million Oak Centre for Children and Young People, sharing a joke with leukaemia sufferer Digby Davidson after making themselves comfortable on his bed.

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