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Kate Middletonrevealed she andPrince Williamhave told their children about the Holocaust at the Holocaust Memorial Day service in London on Monday.
The royal mom, 38, was talking to Holocaust survivor Mala Tribich at the reception, which commemorates the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, after the deeply moving ceremony.
“We were talking to the children about it earlier today,” Kate told Tribich, who inquired about the royal’s family.
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Kate Middleton lights a candle during the UK Holocaust Memorial Day Commemorative Ceremony.Chris Jackson/Getty
“It was so emotional, so many moving stories,” Kate told a group of people at the reception, including Tribich, who was one of the people who spoke on stage to recount her survival story at Bergen-Belsen.
Kate Middleton (right) speaking with survivor Mala Tribich.Chris Jackson/Getty
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“You were fantastic,” the mother of three continued, as she put a hand on Tribich’s arm before asking how she recites her story to schoolchildren. “Do your experiences resonate with them? Do they feel they can do something for their generation?”
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Speaking with reporters later, Tribich, 89, explained how her exchange with Kate unfolded.
“I said I speak about it in schools and she was asking what impact it has. It brings them closer to the history,” Tribich said. “I told her I follow her and her lovely children in the news and she said ‘I have told the children’. They have made them aware of it (the Holocaust). I suppose she tells it in the measure that it’s applicable to that age.”
Manfred Goldberg and Prince William at the U.K. Holocaust Memorial Day Commemorative Ceremony.Chris Jackson/Getty
William’s father,Prince Charles, delivered a powerful speech at Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust Memorial, on Thursday, while Charles’ wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall representedQueen Elizabethat the service being held at Auschwitz on Monday.
source: people.com
