The Duchess of Cambridge is to miss attending the unveiling of the statue to Princess Diana in the UK after the guest list was scaled back due to Covid-19 rules on gatherings.
Kate Middleton had been part of the plans for the unveiling of a statue Prince William and Prince Harry had commissioned of their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace.
The Duchess of Cambridge is to miss attending the unveiling of the statue to Princess Diana in the UK this week.
The statue will be revealed on July 1, which would have been Diana’s 60th birthday.
However, the Duchess, along with others on the 100-strong guest list, has faced a cull amid rules for the size of gatherings in the UK due to Covid-19 restrictions.
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This is a small event and a very personal moment for the family, a source told the Daily Mirror in the UK.
Plans have been scaled back due to the current COVID-19 restrictions and media arrangements reflect both the size and tone of the event.
Princess Diana will see Prince Harry and Prince William reunited with many worrying their rift will grow.
According to Harpers Bazaar, an official Buckingham Palace press release said the only people in attendance for the statue unveiling will be the two princes; close family of the late Princess of Wales; members of the statue committee; the statue’s sculptor, Ian Rank-Broadley; and garden designer Pip Morrison.
However, Kate will not miss out on seeing the statue prior to the event.
The Duke of Cambridge is to pay a private visit to his mother’s statue with his wife and three children ahead of its official unveiling on Thursday, the Telegraph reported on Monday.
Prince William is understood to be keen to share some private time in the presence of the statue with his children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis before it is revealed to the wider world.
The statue, which was commissioned to mark the twentieth anniversary of Princess Diana’s death and to recognise her positive impact in the UK and around the world, will be officially unveiled at a ceremony on Thursday (UK time) on what would have been her 60th birthday.
The sculpture will stand in the sunken garden, one of the late Princesss favourite spots at the place she called home from marriage until she died.
