Kate Middleton’s words of comfort for families of Southport stabbing victims: Princess hugs relatives and says ‘thank you’ to 999 workers as she and William reunite for first public engagement since Christmas concert [Video]

13:20 EDT 10 Oct 2024, updated 13:25 EDT 10 Oct 2024

Kate Middleton offered words of comfort to the Southport stabbing victims families, as she visited the grieving town today.

While Prince William had promised the community that he would visit as soon as possible, the Princess of Wales’ decision to join him is understood to have been more recent, as she wanted to ‘show her support, empathy and compassion to the local community’.

It marks her most significant engagement of the year so far, as Catherine, 42, met with the families of little Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine.

At the time of the incident the couple shared a personal message of shock and sympathy for those affected and, like her husband, the princess has kept a keen eye on events since.

In a deeply personal statement released in the wake of the attack, the Princess wrote: ‘As parents, we cannot begin to imagine …