A schoolgirl who met Kate during her cancer treatment has urged the Princess of Wales to "fight it like I did".
Eight-year-old Mila Sneddon met the Princess of Wales in 2021 after her picture was included in Kate’s lockdown photographic project.
The Daily Mail reported that Sneddon, now in remission, urged the princess: “You will be brave because I was and you will fight it like I did.”
Sneddon, from Stenhousemuir in Scotland, met the future Queen after her picture was included in Kate’s photography project during the coronavirus pandemic.
Kate and Mila Sneddon meeting in 2021
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She was famously pictured kissing the kitchen window in her home as her father stood outside.
The little girl had been undergoing chemotherapy for leukaemia and was photographed separated from her father during the first lockdown.
Her father had to keep working and did not want to risk bringing Covid-19 into the family home.
Kate and Sneddon spoke on the phone after the image was among 100 selected for the Hold Still exhibition and book.
Mila Sneddon is now in remission
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They met in May 2021 when Sneddon and her family were invited to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.
The Princess of Wales and Sneddon wore pink for the occasion, as this was the young girl's favourite colour.
The schoolgirl is now thought to be making a get-well card to wish Kate a speedy recovery.
Kate’s announcement on Friday that she was undergoing a course of “preventative chemotherapy” came on the second anniversary of Sneddon being in remission.
Kate invited Mila Sneddon to her Together at Christmas concert in 2021
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Kate and Mila Sneddon met at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh
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Her mother told The Mail: “We were shopping when we heard the news.
"Mila turned to me and told me she wanted to make and send Kate a card. So Mila will make contact in her own private way.
“Kate showed Mila such compassion, care and support both during and post-treatment.
"So it’s been very emotional to see she is now facing her own health struggles.”