A NURSE who help treat numerous patients who were seriously injured in the London Bridge terror attack has been praised by Prince Charles.

Anaesthetic nurse Natalie Poole, of Durham, told the Prince of Wales how she had walked the remaining two miles to the hospital after getting a taxi from her home in Battersea after the prince asked how she had managed to make it in to work at such short notice following the atrocity.

The 34-year-old met the prince as he and the Duchess of Cornwall visited the Royal London Hospital, where 12 injured victims were taken on Saturday night.

He told the 34-year-old and her co-workers: “I have so much admiration for all you are doing, it’s a fantastic team.”

Ms Poole and her colleagues said six patients were taken into surgery in the immediate aftermath of the attack.

The actions of medical staff and volunteers in response to the London Bridge terror attack showed “Britain at its best”, the Duchess of Cornwall said as she met hospital patients and workers.

Staff told how passers-by had stopped to help as the incident unfolded, at times simply by talking to the victims to keep them conscious. Camilla said: “It’s Britain at its best isn’t it? Everybody pulls together, there doesn’t seem to be any panic.”

Among those who met the royals were Dr Chris Lambert, who was called to the bridge. Dr Lambert said: “In a way we see those kind of injuries every day, but obviously not in such great numbers and in such a sort of intense, emotional scene with so much else going on.”