Prince William left crowds in tears as he shared a heartfelt message of a husband to his wife during his historic speech at D-Day anniversary event in front of UK’s war heroes on Wednesday.
The Prince of Wales brought tears to the eyes of the attendees as he read out an extract from a letter by Captain Alastair Bannerman of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment.William fought back his tears as he began: “Captain Alastair Bannerman addressed to his wife and written in his diary on the morning of D-Day: ‘It is now 03.00 hours in the morning and I have just been up to the bridge. It is rather light because the moon is shining, though heavy clouds cover her. One can see the row of small ships and of darker balloons silhouetted in front and behind us against the grey sea.”
The future king continued: “You, my angel, sleep gently in the nursery, I hope. Your thoughts have helped me so much. They have given me real strength. I can imagine how you listen to the news at 9 o’clock and think of me with love. I hope that Andrew’s golden head rests gently and quietly upon his small pillow and that Richard is nice and comfortable lying in his narrow little carry-cot.
