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Standing shoulder to shoulder with seven presidents, three kings, a grand duke and almost too many prime ministers to count, Prince William yesterday undertook his most high-profile role on the international stage yet.
The circumstances were not ideal: deputising for his father, who had been advised to miss the international D-Day commemorations at Omaha beach due to his ongoing cancer treatment.
But a proud King Charles was, I am told, ‘delighted that the Prince of Wales attended to represent the nation’.
As for William, an aide adds: ‘He has a strong sense of wanting to support his father, both at home and overseas.’
And so the heir to the throne – who has been a regular feature of many such an occasion but never the focus – represented King and Country alongside 24 world leaders ranging from President Joe Bidenof the United States (the pair met in 2022 and …