Prince William Pledges His Support To Children's Cancer Center

Britain's Prince William has pledged his support to a children's cancer center. The 26-year-old royal - who is third in line to the throne - decided to help London's Royal Marsden Hospital because his mother, the late Princess Diana, once did.

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William - who did work experience at the medical center in 2005 and was named president of the hospital in 2007, a position once held by Diana - 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."

"Since doing work experience I've learnt so much and met so many incredible people who have been unfortunate enough to have cancer - and most battle through it and have dealt with it in an incredibly inspirational way."

Diana opened the current children's unit at the hospital in 1993. Despite proving his charitable side, William is still insecure about what people think about him.

Asked what he would do if he were invisible for a day, William replied: "I'd probably get myself in a lot of trouble. I'd probably go into the newspaper office, and I'd hide in the background and listen to all the stories they talk about me."

However, William is confident about his strength, claiming he would "obviously" win an arm wrestling contest with brother Prince Harry.

He told CBBC's Newsround television program: "You know the answer to that. It's not even a contest. Obviously I'd win. Obviously. As the bigger brother you have that psychological power over your brother, you see."