The teen with terminal cancer who was given a special hug from the Princess of Wales has shared her favourite photos with The Mirror . Budding photographer Liz Hatton , 16, has just weeks to live but wants as many people as possible to see her pictures. This week she was invited by Prince William to take pictures of an investiture he was holding at Windsor Castle after the royal was told about her photographic bucket list.
But her family were “bowled over” when her invite led to a surprise private audience with William and Kate. The schoolgirl from Harrogate, Yorkshire, who is battling a rare and aggressive form of the disease, told how photography has helped her through her cancer ordeal. And she reveals how it has helped distract her from “the constant pain” she is in.
“I’ve always loved photography because it’s a way to immortalise a moment for everyone to see,” she told The Mirror. “I’m particularly fascinated by the emotions that a photograph can portray, or make a viewer feel, as I think it’s almost magical that it can do that.” Liz said she was about nine or ten when she saved up hundreds of pounds to buy her first proper camera after playing around on a Kiddizoom camera.
“Another reason I especially like photography is the way that you can make each image or shoot entirely different to the last, meaning I’m never stuck doing the same old boring things over and over again,” she said. “The spontaneity that photography allows me is incredi.
