‘My daughter’s debilitating spinal curve was cured by Princess Eugenie’s surgeons’

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When Princess Eugenie walked down the aisle in 2018 to marry Jack Brooksbank, her stunning Peter Pilotto gown was so much more than just an elegant dress.

Its design revealed a scar running down Eugenie’s back – the result of scoliosis surgery she had at the age of 12, to correct her curved spine.

Eugenie’s visual statement helped raise awareness of a condition that affects tens of thousands of children every year. One family inspired by the princess and the surgeons who operated on her are the Kreuzers, from St Margaret’s in south west London.

At 15, Poppy underwent similarly life-changing surgery at the same hospital. With National Scoliosis Awareness Month around the corner, Poppy’s mum, Helen, 51, reveals the emotional roller coaster of her diagnosis, and why they’re forever grateful to the team at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH), who gave their star swimmer her life back. “It’s the afternoon of 26 March 2021, and I’m sitting, entirely alone, in a hospital waiting room, as my insides churn with nerves.