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** gettyimages/zimbio gallery: The Duke Of Cambridge Visits The Royal Marsden **
Read more: Prince William and Princess Diana at Cancer HospitalPrince William mirrors the empathy – and humor – of his late mother Princess Diana, says a physician who has seen both of them in action first-hand.
William is president of the Royal Marsden Hospital, the same renowned cancer institution his mother represented from 1989 until her death in 1997. Now, as the 20th anniversary of Diana’s death in Paris nears on August 31, a leading specialist who chaperoned the princess when she visited the hospital and now works with William tells PEOPLE of the royals’ similarities.
Read more: William joins nurses in the theatre during an operation | Daily Mail OnlinePrince William has followed in his late mother's footsteps as he joined medical professionals in the operating theatre on Wednesday.
The Duke donned nurses scrubs and a medical mask emulating the late Princess Diana who famously watched a heart operation at Harefield Hospital in Middlesex in 1996.
The Duke of Cambridge, President of the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, visited the Trust’s facilities in Chelsea where he viewed two pioneering robotic surgeries.
The 35-year-old royal joined Professor Vinidh Paleri and his team in theatre as they perform minimally invasive robotic surgery on a patient with adenoid cystic carcinoma.
Read more: William joins nurses in the theatre during an operation | Daily Mail Online
Prince William arrives at Royal Marsden NHS Trust
The Duke of Cambridge, President of @royalmarsdenNHS, will attend a reception for the The Royal Marsden Trust at Buckingham Palace on Thursday 14th June.