Kate invites Southport stabbing survivors to her Christmas carol concert

The Princess of Wales has invited the children who survived the Southport stabbing to her festive carol concert.

The volition be the Together At Christmas lawsuit astatine Westminster Abbey connected December 6.

It comes weeks aft Kate and William met with families of victims progressive successful the tragedy, which saw 3 youngsters stabbed to decease astatine a Taylor Swift themed creation people connected July 29.

The sojourn was the archetypal clip the prince and princess had made a nationalist quality unneurotic since Kate’s chemotherapy attraction had ended.

Speaking to the The Sun, a root said the Royal family had been a tremendous enactment to the families.

‘The King met the survivors, past Kate took clip retired to conscionable them successful backstage past period with Prince William,’ they added.

‘Now she has personally ensured everyone is invited to her performance which, this year, volition mean much to her than ever before.

‘It promises to beryllium an incredible, life-affirming nighttime and there’s been a batch of organisation progressive to get it each ready.’

The families volition beryllium welcomed to London for 3 days, with transport and accommodation covered by the charity, Southport Stronger Together.

Around 1,600 person been invited to the carol concert, which Kate is hosting for the 4th time.

In 2021 she amazed guests with a solo soft recital and rumours suggest she could beryllium readying thing peculiar again this year.

A spokesperson for Kensington Palace said: ‘This year’s work provides a infinitesimal to bespeak upon the value of emotion and empathy, and however overmuch we request each other, particularly successful the astir hard times of our lives.

‘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.

‘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.’

William, the King and Queen Camilla and William are each expected astatine the concert, which volition beryllium aired on ITV on Christmas Eve.

Alice Da Silva Aguiar, nine,  Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7 and Bebe King, six died successful the Southport attack.

Axel Rudakubana, 18, was charged with their murders arsenic good arsenic the attempted execution of 8 different children and 2 adults.

He is owed to spell connected proceedings successful January.

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