Kate invites child survivors of Southport attack to her carol concert

The Princess of Wales has invited kid survivors of the Southport stabbing to her yearly Christmas carol concert.

It comes aft the princess made a astonishment sojourn with her hubby William to conscionable the bereaved families of the victims successful Southport past month.

The royal mates met privately with the families of Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, who were fatally stabbed during a Taylor Swift-themed creation people connected July 29 successful Southport, arsenic good arsenic the children’s creation teacher.

At the Southport Community Centre they met exigency responders progressive successful the onslaught and heard astir their experiences.

The princess has acceptable her sights connected being capable to signifier the Together At Christmas work successful 2024 contempt the wellness challenges she has faced successful what the Prince of Wales described arsenic a “brutal” year.

It forms portion of her gradual instrumentality to nationalist duties aft finishing chemotherapy attraction successful the summer.

The Palace said Kate, who honoured the warfare dormant astatine Remembrance events earlier this month, wanted the taxable of this year’s carol work to observe those supporting others successful need, with a absorption connected the value of emotion and empathy.

“The work volition radiance a airy connected individuals from each implicit the UK who person shown love, kindness and empathy towards others successful their communities.”

The Palace added: “This year, Her Royal Highness wanted to observe the galore radical supporting those successful request – individuals who person inspired, counselled, comforted, and supra each other shown that emotion is the top acquisition we tin receive.

“This taxable takes inspiration from the Christmas communicative which encourages america to see the experiences of others and the important quality request of giving and receiving empathy.”

It volition beryllium the 4th clip Kate has staged her Together At Christmas carol service, which is supported by The Royal Foundation.

The lawsuit volition beryllium filmed arsenic portion of a peculiar programme connected ITV1 and ITVX connected Christmas Eve.

Members of the royal household volition stitchery with the princess arsenic astir 1,600 radical capable the abbey successful London for philharmonic performances by stars including Paloma Faith, Olivia Dean and Gregory Porter.

Among the invited guests volition beryllium radical who person fixed support, either connected a idiosyncratic level with friends and family, oregon done their enactment oregon volunteering.

They person been nominated by charities associated with the royal family, and by Lord Lieutenants, the King’s representatives successful counties crossed the UK.

Last twelvemonth Kate and William’s children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis attended, on with Kate’s Middleton family.