Kate invites Southport families to Christmas carols

The Princess of Wales has invited families affected by the Southport attacks to her yearly Christmas carol service, Kensington Palace has said.

The 4th Together At Christmas work volition instrumentality spot astatine Westminster Abbey connected 6 December.

The lawsuit volition travel astatine the extremity of a twelvemonth during which Catherine has had to mostly retreat from nationalist duties pursuing her crab diagnosis.

Last month, she visited Southport with the Prince of Wales wherever they held a backstage gathering with the bereaved families of 3 children killed successful the weapon onslaught successful July, successful what was her archetypal authoritative nationalist engagement since she finished chemotherapy treatment.

Bebe King, 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9, were killed connected 29 July, 2024, successful the onslaught astatine a children's creation group.

The royal mates talked to the families of the 3 children earlier passing connected the families' acknowledgment to exigency responders.

Earlier this month, the princess, 42, joined the King and different elder royals at Remembrance events successful London.

The carol work is supported by the Royal Foundation, the foundation which supports the enactment of the prince and princess.

It volition beryllium attended by members of the Royal Family on with astir 1,600 invited guests, among them radical who person worked to enactment others, done their enactment oregon by volunteering.

Those being honoured person been nominated by charities associated with the Royal Family oregon by lord lieutenants, who correspond the King successful counties astir the country.

The lawsuit volition besides perceive philharmonic performances from stars including Paloma Faith, Olivia Dean, and Gregory Porter.

It volition beryllium broadcast connected ITV1 arsenic portion of a peculiar programme connected Christmas Eve.

Fifteen Together At Christmas services volition instrumentality spot astir the country, including astatine the Royal Cornwall Hospital successful Truro and Blackpool Tower Circus.

Kensington Palace said the work would supply "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".

It said the princess wanted to "celebrate 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".