Kate Middleton and Prince William.Photo: PETER NICHOLLS/POOL/AFP via Getty
Prince WilliamandKate Middletonare paying their respects.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended a memorial service Tuesday on the fifth anniversary of theGrenfell Tower fire. In 2017, a blaze tragically ripped through the 24-story apartment building in West London and killed 72 people.
The future king and queen were somber through the service. After, they laid wreaths and flowers to honor the victims.
Kate Middleton and Prince William.PETER NICHOLLS/POOL/AFP via Getty
This year’s memorial was the first in three years. Grenfell United held services on the anniversary of the tragedy in 2018 and 2019, shifting to individual visits to survivors and the grieving during the pandemic.
Three months afterthe disaster, Prince William, 39, andPrince Harrymet with those affected. It was the deadliest residential fire in Great Britain since World War II,The New York Timesreported.
Prince William.Peter Nicholls - WPA Pool/Getty
While speaking with survivors, the princes spent time with the Gomes family — parents Marcio and Andreia, and their young daughters Luana and Megan. The family escaped the blaze from their home on the 21st floor, only to lose Andreia’s unborn son Logan, who was delivered stillborn hours later.
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“Talk about your loss, promise me,” William told the girls at the time.
Later, Marcio told reporters, “The princes were amazing. They really knew what they were talking about. You could see that they meant what they were saying.”
source: people.com
