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| Prince follows Diana's footsteps | Prince follows Diana's footsteps |
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| Prince William has told a young cancer patient who interviewed him for CBBC Newsround that he aims to follow in his mother's footsteps by helping people. | Prince William has told a young cancer patient who interviewed him for CBBC Newsround that he aims to follow in his mother's footsteps by helping people. |
| The prince said he would support a new children's and teenage cancer centre at The Royal Marsden Hospital. | |
| His mother, the late Diana, Princess of Wales, opened the current children's unit at the London hospital in 1993. | His mother, the late Diana, Princess of Wales, opened the current children's unit at the London hospital in 1993. |
| He also told Alice Marples, 10, of his one-time dream to be a policeman and how he got his "Harry Potter scar". | He also told Alice Marples, 10, of his one-time dream to be a policeman and how he got his "Harry Potter scar". |
| 'Incredibly inspirational' | 'Incredibly inspirational' |
| He said: "For a very long time my mother was involved with the Royal Marsden, and she had a very close connection with them. So I wanted to... follow in her footsteps, in that sense, and help," he told the young cancer patient. | He said: "For a very long time my mother was involved with the Royal Marsden, and she had a very close connection with them. So I wanted to... follow in her footsteps, in that sense, and help," he told the young cancer patient. |
| Prince William did work experience at the children's unit in 2005 and was appointed president of the world-renowned hospital in 2007, a position formerly held by his mother. | Prince William did work experience at the children's unit in 2005 and was appointed president of the world-renowned hospital in 2007, a position formerly held by his mother. |
| He said: "Since doing that work experience I've learnt so much and met so many incredible people who have been unfortunate enough to, you know, have cancer - and most battle through it and have dealt with it in an incredibly inspirational way." | He said: "Since doing that work experience I've learnt so much and met so many incredible people who have been unfortunate enough to, you know, have cancer - and most battle through it and have dealt with it in an incredibly inspirational way." |
| The next thing you know there was a seven-iron and it came out of nowhere and it hit me in the head Prince William NR exclusive with Prince William | The next thing you know there was a seven-iron and it came out of nowhere and it hit me in the head Prince William NR exclusive with Prince William |
| In answer to being asked what he would like to do if he were not a prince, he said: "A long time ago I wanted to be a policeman, when I was younger. I soon learned that probably wasn't a good idea." | In answer to being asked what he would like to do if he were not a prince, he said: "A long time ago I wanted to be a policeman, when I was younger. I soon learned that probably wasn't a good idea." |
| He added: "At the moment I'm still doing some sort of helicopter flying, doing search and rescue... it's going very well. | He added: "At the moment I'm still doing some sort of helicopter flying, doing search and rescue... it's going very well. |
| "My instructors would probably say 'not so well', but I think it's going not too badly. I haven't managed to dent any of the aircraft, I haven't flown into any trees yet, so... it's going OK." | "My instructors would probably say 'not so well', but I think it's going not too badly. I haven't managed to dent any of the aircraft, I haven't flown into any trees yet, so... it's going OK." |
| The prince also explained how a childhood golf accident left him with a "Harry Potter" scar. | |
| Golf accident | Golf accident |
| Pointing to his forehead, he told Alice, of Burgess Hill, West Sussex: "That was for my Harry Potter scar, as I call it, just here. I call it that because it glows sometimes and some people notice it - other times they don't notice it at all." | Pointing to his forehead, he told Alice, of Burgess Hill, West Sussex: "That was for my Harry Potter scar, as I call it, just here. I call it that because it glows sometimes and some people notice it - other times they don't notice it at all." |
| He added: "But I got hit by a golf club when I was playing golf with a friend of mine. | He added: "But I got hit by a golf club when I was playing golf with a friend of mine. |
| "We were on a putting green and the next thing you know there was a seven-iron and it came out of nowhere and it hit me in the head. | "We were on a putting green and the next thing you know there was a seven-iron and it came out of nowhere and it hit me in the head. |
| "I was in hospital for that, but that was very minor compared to how many times you've been into hospital," he told Alice, who completed treatment for a tumour the previous week. | "I was in hospital for that, but that was very minor compared to how many times you've been into hospital," he told Alice, who completed treatment for a tumour the previous week. |
| The interview comes days after the prince spoke at a reception for the Child Bereavement Charity of the "emptiness" he has felt on Mother's Day since the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, 12 years ago. | |
| The full interview was broadcast on CBBC's Newsround on BBC One at 1705 GMT and will be available for 24 hours on the CBBC iPlayer. | The full interview was broadcast on CBBC's Newsround on BBC One at 1705 GMT and will be available for 24 hours on the CBBC iPlayer. |