Royal watchers have begun to witness his decline, too. Though he will be stepping out on Easter Sunday for a service at Windsor, the king is missing from the royal calendar for the foreseeable future, instead relying heavily on his sister, Princess Anne, to do the work of the royal family. While many would have assumed his heir, Prince William, would be stepping up to the plate, he too is missing from the royal schedule due to Princess Kate Middleton’s own cancer diagnosis and treatment.
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The bombshell text that sparked ‚Fab Four‘s‘ shock reunion: RICHARD KAY reveals how William sent Harry a message asking if he and Meghan wanted to join him and Kate to view flowers left at Windsor – and how it was NOT an order from Charles
For 45 minutes, the two couples moved among the crowds, shaking hands, accepting condolences and flowers which they placed on the growing pile of tributes while thanking the public in turn for their kindnesses.
It was, of course, a powerful echo of similar images from a quarter of a century ago when, after the death of Princess Diana, the brothers greeted mourners outside Kensington Palace.
Prince William consoles England in dressing room telling team ‚hold your heads high‘
He also revealed that the Duke of Cambridge, who is president of the Football Association, had been to see the players after the match and was full of praise.
The England manager said: „At the moment the players are, understandably, really quiet.
„The Duke (of Cambridge) has been down to see them in the dressing room and has rightly thanked them for what they‘ve done and been fulsome in his praise.“
LIVE: Princess Diana statue installed at Kensington Palace
A statue of Britain‘s Princess Diana is installed in the Sunken Garden of Kensington Palace on what would have been her 60th birthday.
Reunited for their mother: Prince Harry and William pay tribute to Diana‘s ‚love, strength and character‘ as they unveil statue bearing poignant poem ‚The Measure of a Man‘ on what would have been her 60th birthday
Prince Harry and Prince William today set aside their own differences to unveil a statue as a permanent memorial to their beloved mother on what would have been her 60th birthday and declared: ‚Every day, we wish she were still with us‘.
The brothers were pictured standing shoulder-to-shoulder before revealing a statue created in Princess Diana‘s honour by Ian Rank-Broadley and placed in the remodelled Sunken Garden, a place of solace and safety for her before she died in 1997.
‚I‘m so thrilled that you‘ve cracked it!‘: Prince William congratulates Oxford scientists via Zoom as their Covid vaccine is proved to be 90 per cent effective
– The Duke of Cambridge hailed the team‘s ‚amazing achievement‘ this morning
– Three Oxford professors told how the vaccine is based on decades of research
– It emerged this month that William caught coronavirus in April but didn‘t reveal it