The Leonora Children's Cancer Fund was a British registered charity that was registered on 14 September 1994. It was, until 11 March 2010, registered charity number 1040757, when it was removed from the register. The charity provided specially trained nurses to help look after children with cancer.
The Fund was established by Lord and Lady Romsey, in memory of their daughter Leonora Knatchbull, who died, aged five, from a kidney tumour in 1991.
The Duke of Edinburgh attended a reception, in aid of the charity, on 3 May 1994.
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