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How Kate Middleton Supported Cancer Patients Before Her Own Diagnosis, From Hospital Visits to Donating Hair

The Princess of Wales is currently undergoing chemotherapy following her cancer diagnosis.

Then, in 2018, Sunday Express reported that, after cutting seven inches off of her hair, Kate donated her locks to Little Princess Trust, a charity that makes wigs for children battling cancer. "It's lovely to think that somebody, somewhere -- probably more than one person -- has received a wig containing Princess Kate's hair," Helen Creese, a spokesperson for the charity, told People at the time. The outfit was in keeping with a promise that the princess made to Mila during a phone call the year prior, in which Kate told the girl she'd wear a pink dress when they got the chance to meet in person.

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