On January 20, Prince William and Kate Middleton visited Clitheroe Community Hospital in Lancashire.
The duke and duchess were on the way to discuss with the nursing staff the impact of the health crisis in the region.
The visit was punctuated by meetings with the employees of the establishment and the hospitalized children.
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That day, Kate Middleton fell in love with Anastasia, a three-month-old granddaughter.
Seeing his wife take the baby in her arms, Prince William was then ironic.
"Don't give her ideas!" he said, hinting that a fourth
royal baby
was not on the agenda.
Yet a few hours later, he too was moved by a resident, a young boy named Deacon Glover and 11 years old.
soccer fan
Passionate about football, the young boy first expected "to see a footballer arrive", told a source to the British newspaper.
And yet, it didn't take long before the two started talking, and discovered a sinister common ground.
Indeed, Deacon Glover told the couple that he had lost his mother, who died at only 28 years old.
A confidence that strongly moved the future king of England.
His mother, Princess Lady Diana, died aged 36 in a car accident when he was just 15.
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In a video filmed by the Skynews
television channel
, Prince William then asked: "Do you think you can talk about your mother?".
Faced with the young man's hesitation, he agreed: “I know what you feel.
It's difficult... But I promise you, it will get easier [with time]”.
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