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Kate Middletonselected a meaningful pair of earrings for her visit withPrince Williamto Manchester topay tribute to the victims of the Manchester Arena terrorist attackfive years ago.
The royal accessorized her Michael Kors outfit with gold earrings that resembled a honeycomb with a bee charm. The worker bee has been one of the most well-known symbols of Manchester for over 150 years and is part of the Manchester City Council’s coat of arms, denoting “Mancunians” hard work ethic and how the city is a hive of activity,according to the city.
Kate Middleton and Prince William.Peter Byrne/PA Images via Getty Images
While meeting with members of the community on Tuesday, Kate and William stopped and chatted with a 7-year-old Beaver Scout named Archie and his uncle Andy Farrell, who’s the county commissioner for the Scouts.
“We were talking about bees as she has started to keep bees. She noticed some of the flowers in the memorial garden were the kinds that specifically attract bees. The Duchess said she was wearing bee earrings in tribute to us. And we gave her a bouquet with myrtle and Sweet William in tribute to them,” Farrell tells PEOPLE.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge speak to Archie McWilliams, 7, from the First Longford Scout Group in Stretford, and his uncle Greater Manchester West Scouts' County Commissioner Andy Farrell.Peter Byrne/PA Images via Getty Images
Kate, 40, is always very intentional about her style choices, from honoring different countries she visits with heroutfit colortowearing jewelrythat send messages of support.
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For example, when the Duchess of Cambridge attended the Commonwealth Day Service in March, she wore the same earrings and necklace that she wore in October 2020 to meet Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife, Olena Zelensky, as they continued to defend against Russia’s ongoing invasion of the country.
During the couple’s outing on Tuesday,Prince William, 39, made an emotional speech, in which he recalled traveling to Manchester following the attack in 2017 totalk to the communityand attend a service of commemoration at the cathedral.
Kate Middleton and Prince William.JON SUPER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Prince Williamadded, “As someone who lives with his own grief, I also know that what often matters most to the bereaved is that those we have lost are not forgotten. There is comfort in remembering. In acknowledging that, while taken horribly soon, they lived. They changed our lives. They were loved and they are loved. It is why memorials such as the Glade of Light are so important. Why Catherine and I so wanted to be amongst you today.”
Kate laid a bouquet of flowers — made up of forget-me-nots, blue delphiniums, white lisianthus, white roses and white stocks — in honor of the victims before they joined a private reception inside Manchester Cathedral to meet with some of the bereaved families and the members of the emergency services who rushed to the scene of the atrocity.
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source: people.com
