Kate Middleton's special Christmas gift to Southport horror stabbing survivors

Survivors of the Southport attacks and their families volition beryllium the peculiar impermanent astatine the Princess of Wales' Together astatine Christmas performance successful December, aft gathering respective past month

Survivors of the Southport stabbings earlier this twelvemonth person been invited to a peculiar festive enactment by the caring Princess of Wales.

Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Da Silva Aguiar, nine, died arsenic a effect of their catastrophic injuries erstwhile a knifeman broke into a Taylor Swift- themed creation enactment connected July 30. Last month, during her archetypal authoritative engagement since chemotherapy attraction ended successful the summer, Princess Kate and hubby William met immoderate of the victims, families and exigency workers.

Now, successful a saccharine gesture, the Princess of Wales has invited the survivors to her Together astatine Christmas carol performance astatine Westminster Abbey connected December 6. A root said: “The Royal family person been a tremendous enactment to the families."

Speaking to the Sun, they said: “The King met the survivors, past Kate took clip retired to conscionable them successful backstage past period with Prince William. Now she has personally ensured everyone is invited to her performance which, this year, volition mean much to her than ever before.”

The princess’s unannounced travel to Merseyside successful October was William and Kate’s archetypal associated authoritative outing since the princess's people of chemotherapy attraction ended successful the summertime pursuing her crab diagnosis earlier this year. It was understood it had been planned arsenic a solo sojourn for William but Kate decided to articulation her hubby successful bid to amusement her enactment and empathy.

The Waleses met the families of the 3 slain small girls and creation teacher Leanne Lucas, who was besides critically wounded. The prince and princess spent fractional an hr with each of the household groups and were 45 minutes precocious arriving, and William could beryllium heard apologising to the waiting guests.

During the meeting, the royal mates sat unneurotic and asked astir the intelligence wellness enactment which had been disposable to exigency work workers. Kate said the unit had been supporting radical done their "darkest times". She said: "For you to witnesser that, you request enactment yourselves." The princess said she imagined the acquisition took "its toll" connected them.

One constabulary serviceman told the mates of suffering anxiousness pursuing the onslaught and being disconnected work. Kate and William nodded arsenic they listened to the experiences. Referencing the earlier gathering with the families of those who died successful the attack, the Princess of Wales said: "I can't underestimate however grateful they each are for the enactment you provided connected the day. On behalf of them, convey you."

The couple's touching sojourn to Southport followed different by the King successful August, erstwhile His Majesty expressed his "deepest sympathies" and pledged to enactment those affected. King Charles had besides personally thanked occurrence crews and paramedics earlier gathering with victims and their families arsenic good arsenic religion leaders successful the town.