Teen hugged by Kate Middleton opens up about passion that 'distracted' her from 'constant pain'

The teen with terminal cancer who was given a special hug from the has shared her favourite photos with The .

Budding photographer, 16, has just weeks to live but wants as many people as possible to see her pictures. This week she was 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 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.

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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 incredibly important as I don’t want to spend what little time I have left stuck being repeatedly bored. Instead, I can photograph a fashion show one day then my brother’s sports’ day the next.

“This way, I can pick up my camera and focus on new and exciting shoots which helps to distract me from the constant pain that I feel every second of every day, and the rest of the doesn’t seem to matter as much.”