The announcement came quietly at first, a brief statement released to the press—formal, restrained, written in the careful language the royal family always relies on in moments of gravity. But it wasn’t until Prince William himself stepped forward to speak that the depth of the situation truly hit the nation. Standing before the cameras, his expression solemn, his voice steady but weighted with emotion, he addressed the United Kingdom with news no one had expected. The royal family had suffered an immense loss, one that reached far beyond palace walls.
