Fresh from his glitzy evening at the Royal Variety Performance with the Princess of Wales, Prince William fulfilled a poignant promise as he travelled to Leeds to officially open the Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease.

Former rugby league star Rob Burrow died in June at the age of 41, four and a half years after being diagnosed with the degenerative disease.

He was diagnosed with MND barely two years after ending his stellar playing career, but refused to give up the fight and threw himself into a campaign to raise awareness of the condition and help raise funds to find a cure.

Rob's fellow Leeds Rhinos team mate, Kevin Sinfield, has raised more than £10 million for MDN charities since his friend's diagnosis in 2019, by taking part in a number of fundraising challenges, inc

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