Technology and Science11 September, 20262 min read
Princess Catherine Visits Royal Marsden Hospital in London After National Three Peaks Challenge
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Catherine visited Royal Marsden Hospital to meet patients and learn about funded unit. The visit followed her completion of the National Three Peaks Challenge to raise funds.
5 outlets told this the same way.
Remission, then a return
Princess Catherine, the Princess of Wales, visited the Royal Marsden Hospital in London on Friday, Sept. 11 after completing the National Three Peaks Challenge earlier this year to fund a new unit at the cancer hospital.
People reported she was 44 when she visited and that she met patients currently undergoing treatment and learned how the funds raised through her National Three Peaks Challenge would help support holistic care across the U.K.
In her remarks to staff at the Royal Marsden, Catherine said, "This was my small way of being able to give back and say thank you to you," tying the hospital visit directly to the charity climb.
The BBC said the Three Peaks Challenge involved climbing the highest peaks in England, Scotland and Wales within 24 hours, and that the money she raised will go toward a new unit offering complementary healing alongside clinical care.
Holistic care at the center
Catherine told staff and patients that holistic support extends beyond physical treatment, saying, "But also the holistic care, the treatments and therapeutic support on the outside is so important." The BBC reported she spoke with patients and staff at the Royal Marsden about support that goes beyond the physical, including patients with breast cancer, head and neck cancer and a brain tumour.
A patient described the mental impact as coming after the physical, saying, "The mental impact comes after," and added it had been a "lifesaver" to talk to a therapist at the hospital. The Royal Marsden Hospital’s plans she saw during the visit included a Centre for Holistic Wellbeing and Recovery, with the Royal Central describing the plans for the new centre that her fundraising efforts have helped support.
What the fundraising enables
The BBC said money raised by her mountain climbs in June will now be used for the The Centre for Holistic Wellbeing and Recovery, intended to offer cancer patients a wider sense of recovery beyond physical treatment. Royal Central reported Catherine said completing the rigorous challenge was "my small way of being able to give back and say thank you to you" for the care she received during preventative chemotherapy treatment in 2024.
People said the amount of money she raised has not been shared publicly, but it reported she discovered how the funds would help develop a new specialist Center for Holistic Wellbeing and Recovery and saw the site where it will be built. The Irish News said the funding will also support research into how complementary approaches alongside clinical care can make a difference to every person with cancer across the UK, as Catherine met patients currently undergoing treatment during the visit.