The Prince and Princess of Wales continued to show their support for the community of Southport, which was rocked by the deaths of three young girls in a knife attack in July last year. Prince William and Kate, both 43, had a private meeting with the mother and father of Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, who was a pupil at Farnborough Road Infant and Junior School in the town. Elsie died along with Bebe King, six, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class during the knife attack by Axel Rudakubana.
The royal couple spent more than an hour at the school and around 30 minutes meeting Elsie's parents Jenni Stancombe, 36, and David Stancombe, 37, during a private meeting at the school. It marked the second time William and Kate have been to Southport in the wake of t