Kate Middleton Attended the UK's Holocaust Memorial Day Ceremony With Prince William

Photo credit: Yui Mok - PA Images - Getty Images
Photo credit: Yui Mok - PA Images - Getty Images

From ELLE

Kate Middleton and Prince William have arrived at Central Hall in London for the UK Holocaust Memorial Day's ceremony. Kate wore a gray Catherine Walker dress for the occasion with her hair half up, half down. (She first wore the dress during her solo engagement with Queen Elizabeth II last year.) William held an umbrella over her as the couple entered in.

Photo credit: Chris Jackson - Getty Images
Photo credit: Chris Jackson - Getty Images

The event comes hours after Kensington Palace released the photographs that the Duchess of Cambridge took of Holocaust survivors with their grandchildren.

"As part of the commemorations for the 75th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust, The Duchess of Cambridge has taken photographs of two Holocaust survivors with their grandchildren," Kensington Palace wrote in the caption of her portrait series.

It also included a statement from Kate about Yvonne and Steven, the survivors she photographed. “I wanted to make the portraits deeply personal to Yvonne and Steven–a celebration of family and the life that they have built since they both arrived in Britain in the 1940s," Kate said. "The families brought items of personal significance with them which are included in the photographs."

"It was a true honor to have been asked to participate in this project and I hope in some way Yvonne and Steven’s memories will be kept alive as they pass the baton to the next generation,” she continued.

Kensington Palace added that "the portraits will form part of a new exhibition opening later this year by @holocaustmemorialdaytrust, Jewish News and @royalphotographicsociety , which will feature 75 images of survivors and their family members. The exhibition will honor the victims of the Holocaust and celebrate the full lives that survivors have built in the UK, whilst inspiring people to consider their own responsibility to remember and share the stories of those who endured Nazi persecution."

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As part of the commemorations for the 75th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust, The Duchess of Cambridge has taken photographs of two Holocaust survivors with their grandchildren. The first photograph features Steven Frank with his granddaughters, Maggie and Trixie. Alongside his mother and brothers, Steven was sent to Westerbork transit camp then to Theresienstadt. Steven and his brothers were 3 of only 93 children who survived the camp - 15,000 children were sent there. The Duchess also photographed Yvonne Bernstein with her granddaughter Chloe. Yvonne was a hidden child in France, travelling in the care of her aunt and uncle and frequently changing homes and names. The Duchess said: “I wanted to make the portraits deeply personal to Yvonne and Steven – a celebration of family and the life that they have built since they both arrived in Britain in the 1940s. The families brought items of personal significance with them which are included in the photographs. It was a true honour to have been asked to participate in this project and I hope in some way Yvonne and Steven’s memories will be kept alive as they pass the baton to the next generation.” The portraits will form part of a new exhibition opening later this year by @holocaustmemorialdaytrust, Jewish News and @royalphotographicsociety , which will feature 75 images of survivors and their family members. The exhibition will honour the victims of the Holocaust and celebrate the full lives that survivors have built in the UK, whilst inspiring people to consider their own responsibility to remember and share the stories of those who endured Nazi persecution. Portraits ©The Duchess of Cambridge

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