Kate Middletonkept her promise!
The royal met with 5-year-old Mila Sneddon at the Palace of Holyroodhouse on Thursday, months after Mila, who is battling leukemia, participated in Kate’sHold Stillphotography project. The twospoke on the phonein August 2020, when Kate learned that the little girl’s favorite color is pink.
“I have to make sure I go and try to find myself a pink dress,” Kate told her at the time. “Hopefully, when one day, hopefully, Mila, we’ll get to meet, and then I’ll remember to wear my pink dress for you.”
“Yay!” an excited Mila exclaimed.
Kate Middleton and Mila.Jane Barlow - WPA Pool/Getty
Kate Middleton.Jane Barlow - WPA Pool/Getty
Mila sported a light pink dress herself, complete with a faux tiara in her hair.
“I want to give you a big, squeezy cuddle,” Kate told her. “I love your dress. Can you give it a twirl?”
In August, Kate spoke to Mila about her photo, called “Shielding Mila,” which showed the little girl waving to her dad from the other side of a window. Mila and her mother, Lynda, had to isolate away from Mila’s father, Scott, and big sister, Jodi, to protect Mila while she was receiving chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Mila.Jane Barlow - WPA Pool/Getty
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Kate responded with a laugh, “Good morning. My goodness me, you’re so polite, Mila!”
Later in the call, Mila told Kate: “I know all your kids' names.”
Kate replied, “Do you? What are their names, can you remember?”
“Yes,” Mila said, before rattling off Kate’s three children’s names: Charlotte, George and Louis.
“Yay,” Kate exclaimed, adding, “Louis has gotten so big now, he’s very quick running around and he’s on his little scooter as well. He’s very quick. I can’t keep up with him!”
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Kate, 39, also spoke to Mila and Lynda about the photograph, which showed Mila looking at her father from inside a window. She learned that the family is now reunited and living together again.
It was actually Lynda’s mother who encouraged her to submit the photo.
“I’m very grateful,” Kate said. “And also for sharing such a personal time. You know, it’ll be an image that is part of a national archive, and you know, it tells a story of this particular time and a very personal story too, so thank you so much for sharing it.”
source: people.com
