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Kate Middleton fights back tears as she and Prince William honour Jews killed in the Holocaust at ceremony in London
KATE Middleton fought back tears today as she attended an emotional ceremony honouring the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust with Prince William.
The Duchess of Cambridge was attending the Holocaust Memorial Day Commemorative Ceremony in Westminster when she became visibly moved.
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The event was held at Central Hall in Westminster, where William and Kate joined invited guests and dignitaries including Prime Minister Boris Johnson, BBC newsreader Huw Edwards, actress Nina Wadia and actor Martin Shaw.
Holocaust memorial day takes place every year on January 27, remembering the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
The day honours survivors of the Holocaust, Nazi Persecution, and subsequent genocides in Bosnia, Cambodia, Rwanda and Darfur.
This year's event commemorated the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.
Kate appeared visibly moved as she teared up during the ceremony.
The duchess, who said it was "our privilege" to meet survivors, described the ceremony as "very poignant".
William, who read a letter during the service in praise of his great grandmother Princess Alice's efforts in saving a Jewish family, said it had been "very moving".
Kate, who said the stories she had heard were "heartbreaking", praised Bergen-Belsen survivor Mala Tribich as "fantastic" in being able to share her experience with all those gathered at the event.
Ms Tribich, 89, who was born in Poland and forced into a ghetto before being sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp and then Bergen-Belsen, said Kate had spoken about educating her own children on such a sensitive topic in an age-appropriate way.
"She said 'Well I have told my children, I've made them aware.' I suppose she tells it in the measure that is applicable because young children, it's very tricky (to tell them about it)," Ms Tribich said.
Earlier today, Kensington Palace released a series of black and white photographs taken by the Duchess of Cambridge to mark the anniversary.
In the poignant photographs, the 38-year-old can be seen chatting with survivors of the atrocity and their families.
She had clearly formed a warm bond with Yvonne Bernstein, who was hidden as a child in France for most of the Holocaust.
The pair were captured laughing as they stood close over a laptop, and again smiling as they nattered away on sofas.
William and Kate spoke with Holocaust and genocide survivors after the ceremony.
I was sent to Auschwitz at 12 where my mother and seven siblings were gassed
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