While dealing with a restless Prince Louis during the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, Kate Middleton gained the sympathy of parents everywhere as she tried to calm her son during the celebrations.
21.05.2022 - 19:19 / dailyrecord.co.uk
The Duchess of Cambridge helped a grieving grandparent of a Manchester Arena bomb victim by simply giving all his family a hug during an official visit.
The touching gesture by Kate Middleton was made to the family of Olivia Campbell-Hardy, who was killed by suicide bomber Salman Abedi on May 22, 2017, when she was just 15-years-old.
Olivia's family have since established a charity in her name, Liv's Trust, which has already supported about 200 young people under-25s who love music and dance, just as Olivia did.
Olivia's paternal grandparents Steve and Sharon Goodman launched Liv's Trust six months later and were recently bowled over by the compassion shown by the Royal couple, who opened a new memorial garden to the Manchester bombing in the city last week.
Olivia’s grandfather Steve, 66, said: “We met them at the official opening. When it came to shaking hands I said ‘I don’t really do that, can I have a hug?’ And Kate hugged all of us.
“When William came over I had the wristbands in my pocket and I gave him one and Kate got one. They just said, ‘Thank you’ and put them straight on.”
William and Kate showed their support when they opened the Glade of Light memorial to the 22 bomb victims last week, according to Mirror Online.
They were pictured wearing the Trust’s bright pink £1.50 wristbands, with the motto, We Choose Love.
Steve added: “Kate said it was a marvellous thing we are doing and to make sure that we take time for ourselves.”
Retired electrician Steve had met Prince William previously, on the first anniversary of the attack.
He said: “He knew all about Olivia. He told us that he would like to think that his mother and Olivia had been taken too young to be taken to a better place where they were needed, and
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Prince William and Kate Middleton were seen honouring the victims of the Manchester Arena bombings as they attended the official opening of the memorial of the incident on Tuesday. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were pictured greeting the families of those who died from the terror attack and survivors at the Glade of Light memorial by the city’s cathedral for the ceremony ahead of the fifth anniversary of the tragic event. Kate, 40, appeared smartly outfitted for the occasion in a blue and grey tweed coat with a flared skirt and a pair of gold bee earrings — signifying Manchester's worker bee and anti-terrorist symbol — while William, 39, was respectfully dressed in a dark blue suit.The Royal couple previously visited the city’s cathedral in May 2018, as they attended the national service of commemoration there on the first anniversary of the attack carried out by Salman Abedia which saw 22 people killed at Ariana Grande's concert.
Prince William spoke of his own grief Tuesday as he gave a personal tribute to the families of 22 people who were killed when a suicide bomber targeted an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena five years ago. William and his wife Kate, were attending the official opening of a public memorial in the city of Manchester, which comes ahead of the fifth anniversary of the terror attack on May 22, 2017.