Boy says it was incredible bumping into princess doing Three Peaks Challenge

A significant story is unfolding on the international scene. Boy doing Three Peaks Challenge meets Catherine Figure caption, Ted and his father met Catherine, Princess of Wales while embarking on the Three Peaks ChallengeBySarah Julian, Radio WM and Eleanor Lawson, West MidlandsPublished23 minutes agoAn 11-year-old paraplegic boy said it was "incredible" bumping into Catherine, Princess of Wales, three times while completing the Three Peaks Challenge. Ted, from Sutton Coldfield, was pushed and carried in his wheelchair by father Pete and 15 other members of his family and friends, to raise money for children's charity Molly Ollys. On each mountain, the group met the princess, who chatted to Ted and asked him how he was doing, and has since donated to Ted's fundraiser.

"When I did realise I just thought it was amazing and incredible," Ted told Radio WM about meeting the princess. Pete said: "The first time we ran into her, I was at the back of the group and I obviously knew we'd stopped to speak to someone, but I didn't know who they were speaking to. "A good 30 seconds must have passed before they called me forward and I was just dumbfounded.

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"Image source, PeteImage caption, Pete said Catherine was "very motherly to Ted"Pete said that because she was in her walking clothes, he might not have necessarily noticed her. "I think I might have just walked past her," he added. Catherine initiated the conversation with the group, after seeing Ted in his wheelchair being carried up the mountain, Pete said.

"She was lovely, she was being very motherly to Ted, asking all the questions a mum would ask, seeing if he was warm enough, if he'd got some sleep after the first mountain, and it was lovely. "Shockingly when she went past us on the second morning she said 'hi Ted' and we were double taking she'd remembered his name. "Image source, PeteImage caption, Catherine asked Ted whether he was warm enough and had enough sleepImage source, Pete HaslamImage caption, Ted's wheelchair was not an obstacle for the teamThe Three Peaks Challenge involves climbing the highest peaks in England, Scotland and Wales - Scafell Pike, Ben Nevis and Snowdon - over the course of a day.

Catherine embarked on the challenge to raise funds for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, in aid of the hospital where she was treated for cancer. Speaking about the endeavour, Pete said: "It was tough, a lot tougher than expected. "Scafell Pike was absolutely brutal, we got wet the whole of that morning and had 40mph winds, we had snow on top of Ben Nevis - we went for every season basically across the 30 hours.

"However, the group broke their target of 30 hours by 10 minutes, thanks to some of the group running with Ted over the final stretch. "It was very tough but very funny as well because I kept bouncing up and down," Ted said.

The story has become one of the most prominent items on the global agenda.