PRINCE William revealed that he loved meeting and awarding Deborah James with her Damehood as it was an “amazing” experience for her family.
The Duke of Cambridge said Dame Deborah was “fantastic” as he today met the nurses and medical specialists who cared for the cancer campaigner.
Trending In The News’s stellar columnist Dame Deborah, known online as Bowel Babe, was honoured for her “tireless campaigning” to raise awareness of bowel cancer.
Prince William visited her at home earlier this month to present the campaigner with her honour.
In a bittersweet moment, William described how Dame Deborah joked she could now “drink” and was “triple parked” with glasses lined up as they celebrated her damehood.
Speaking about when he visited Dame Deborah at home, he told Dr Nicos Fotiadis, a consultant interventional radiologist at theRoyal Marsden Hospital: “It was an amazing moment for them.
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“I loved meeting her, she was fantastic.”
The Duke said about meeting Dame Deborah: “I was very honoured to be able to speak to her, it felt like a very personal family moment… it was a glorious day as well.
“But thank you, I know she’d want me to say this as well, thank you to you guys for caring for her – she always spoke very highly about her care.”
William also joked that “as she put it, she made bowel cancer sexy” when he visited the doctors and watched a cancer patient undergo cutting-edge treatment provided by a robotic surgeon.
The host of popular BBC podcast You, Me And The Big C previously disclosed she has moved to hospice-at-home care to treat her terminal bowel cancer.
William also chatted to chief nurse Mairead Griffin, deputy chief nurse Jo Waller and ward sister Rowena Trono who also cared for the campaigner.
In a lighter moment the duke described how the family celebrated with champagne: “She was saying basically ‘I can now drink, I can now drink this is brilliant’.”
“She was triple parked and she kept making a joke about how many drinks she could get lined up in front of her.”
