Kate Middleton is pledging to plant sunflowers in memory of a nine-year-old boy named Fraser, who passed away in January. Fraser's family recently talked to the Duchess of Cambridge, via a video call, as the U.K. commemorated Children's Hospice Week.
Frasier is the son of Carla Delf who suffered from a rare condition. His sickness affected multiple organs, including abnormalities in the brain.
Kate met the family because of Carla's other son, Stuie, 13, who ran a 5k marathon to raise money for the center where his younger brother was hospitalized. Apparently, it's been difficult for hospices to receive donations because of the pandemic.
Stui, however, was able to raise $20,000 all for his efforts of running the marathon. This delighted the Duchess of Cambridge who then promised that she will plant sunflowers to memorialize Fraser, per E! News.
According to BBC, the sunflower is actually an emblem of hospice care. One of the earliest patronages of the Duchess of Cambridge, when she got married to Prince William in 2011, was as patron of the Each Hospice.
Kate honored the workers of the hospice center with her mother-in-law, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall. The wife of Prince Charles recalled her first visit to a hospice 13 years ago and said that she didn't expect the people who were working there would still be filled with warmth and happiness.
Kate also said that she is simply impressed by the work that hospice centers do because they take care of patients as well as their families. They try to make the family, who collectively struggles with the patients' rare disease, to be as comfortable and at home as possible.
Meanwhile, Children's Hospice Week was not the only thing that the Duchess of Cambridge celebrated. Sunday, June 21, was a double celebration because it was Prince William's 38th birthday and it was also Father's Day.
According to Observer, the Cambridges likely stayed put in Anmer Hall for her husband's very special day despite the U.K. easing its restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic. Kate and Prince William might have initiated Zoom calls with their dads, Prince Charles and Michael Middleton, to greet them.
In the next few weeks, Kate will have another celebration to prepare as her eldest son, Prince George, turns seven years old. The third in line to throne might likely be encourage by his parents to do charity work this year and distribute food around their Norfolk neighborhood as they did with Princess Charlotte, when she turned five last April.
