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Post by Admin on Mar 13, 2021 22:45:45 GMT
Kate Middleton visited a memorial for Sarah Everard, a 33-year-old woman whose remains were found on Friday, over a week after she disappeared in London. The Duchess of Cambridge, 39, made a private visit on Saturday to the memorial in Clapham Common, an area near Everard's home in Brixton, where she was seen walking before her disappearance on March 3.  "She wanted to pay her respects to Sarah and her family," a royal source tells PEOPLE. "She remembers what it felt like to walk around London at night." During her visit, Kate was seen leaving flowers at the memorial, according to The Mirror. |
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Post by Admin on Mar 14, 2021 0:39:26 GMT
London mourns Sarah Everard On March 13, Londoners paid their respects to Sarah Everard, 33, whose body was discovered after her disappearance. A British police officer was charged with her kidnapping one day earlier. Read more: wapo.st/30TvldP. |
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Post by Admin on Mar 14, 2021 4:07:14 GMT
 The prime minister and the Duchess of Cambridge are among those to pay tribute to Sarah Everard as virtual and doorstep vigils are held across the UK. Boris Johnson said he and his fiancee, Carrie Symonds, will join others in lighting a candle for the 33-year-old at 21:30 GMT. Planned evening vigils were called off because of Covid restrictions, but hundreds gathered at Clapham Common. It led to confrontation with the police who tweeted that it was "unsafe". Lambeth police tweeted: "The gathering at #ClaphamCommon is unsafe. Hundreds of people are tightly packed together in breach of the regulations and risking public health. "We are urging people to go home and we thank those who have been engaging with officers and who are leaving." The organisers of a vigil in Clapham, south London, said earlier they were cancelling the event because police did not "constructively engage" with plans. Reclaim These Streets asked people not to gather at Clapham Common, adding that doing so might put people "legally at risk". They asked people to shine a light to coincide with the time Ms Everard was last seen on 3 March. However, Sisters Uncut, which campaigns to prevent violence against women, said it planned to attend the Clapham vigil despite the organisers' cancellation. Hundreds of women and men rallied at the bandstand as night fell, and there was some confrontation between them and the police. |
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Post by Admin on Mar 14, 2021 6:20:05 GMT
Kate Middleton paid a visit Saturday to a memorial site for Sarah Everard, the London woman murdered last week when she was walking home from a friend’s apartment. The Duchess of Cambridge made an unannounced stop at Clapham Common bandstand, to add a bouquet to the memorial there.  Kensington Palace said Middleton “wanted to pay her respects to the family and to Sarah,” SkyNews reported. “She remembers what it was like to walk around London at night before she was married.” Everard’s murder has set off a new round of reckoning for Brits over the safety of women.  Organizers had hoped to hold a vigil for women’s safety at the site of the memorial later Saturday, but they were denied a permit because of the pandemic. London residents are instead being urged to shine a light on their doorsteps at 9:30 p.m. Earlier Saturday, Wayne Couzens, 48, a police officer who patrolled embassies in London, made his first appearance in court. He is charged with kidnapping and murder in Everard’s death. |
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Post by Admin on Mar 14, 2021 22:15:50 GMT
Kate Middleton has paid tribute to Sarah Everard on Saturday at Clapham Common as she "remembers what it's like to walk in London alone".
The Duchess of Cambridge was among tearful mourners who gathered at the spot the 33-year-old was last seen as vigils were cancelled across the UK.
A Palace source said on Friday: "The Duchess wanted to pay her respects to Sarah and her family.
"She remembers what it felt like to walk around London at night before she got married."
Last night, there were clashes as police moved in to clear people who had gathered at the site.
Some were dragged away from Clapham Common bandstand in scenes described as “upsetting” and “disturbing”.
Earlier, Kate was without husband Wills and their children — and any obvious security — as she joined hundreds at the shrine at Clapham Common bandstand.
She laid daffodils picked from the garden at Kensington Palace and paused for around five minutes reading cards and looking at the sea of flowers.
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