Catherine sees how her charity climb funds are helping hospital

Another patient said she had gone from being aged 46 to feeling “like I was 86”.

Catherine, who announced in January 2025 that she was in remission, agreed about the need to support the whole person – saying holistic treatment helped patients “adjust to the lifestyle change that cancer has brought”.

She also heard from a patient who spoke of wanting to seek out new experiences after being diagnosed: “There are those moments where you fall down a bit, like, ‘what’s going on?’ And you need to find inspiration.”

The princess agreed, saying that it showed the importance of “making the most of life”.

Speaking after Catherine’s visit, one patient particularly welcomed her being there due to her personal experience of cancer: “I forgot that she was a princess. I was just talking to every other cancer patient who has been in this ward.”

“You all become friends, part of a community, and I was talking to her on that level, rather than the Princess of Wales,” he said.

Money raised by her mountain climbs will now be used for the The Centre for Holistic Wellbeing and Recovery. It is intended to offer cancer patients a wider sense of recovery, beyond physical treatment, and addressing a sense of emotional, spiritual and social wellbeing.

She previously said the challenge was also a “chance to explore life beyond diagnosis”, as well as giving back.

Catherine’s trip to the London hospital follows a visit on Thursday with her husband Prince William to support a suicide prevention project being launched in Liverpool.