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The Duchess of Cambridge was delighted to be reunited with an old friend as she and her husband, Prince William, stood in for the Queen at today’s Buckingham Palace garden party.
Kate made a beeline for Holocaust survivor Manfred Goldberg, 92, whom she has met twice previously, most recently talking to him over video call last year to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
Mr Goldberg, who was with his wife of 61 years, Shary, was a German-born Jew sent to the ghetto, forced labour camps and eventually Stutthof concentration camp near Gdansk in Poland by the Nazis when he was just 14. His younger brother, Herman, was murdered there.
Catching sight of the couple, Kate – elegant in a green flowing dress, made by her private dress maker, with a matching hat and sheltering under an umbrella – broke into a broad smile and clasped his hand.
‘Manfred,’ she beamed, ‘it’s so lovely to see you again. How are you? When I saw your name on the guest list I thought ‘yes!’ I am so happy to see you! How have you been?’
The Duchess of Cambridge was delighted to be reunited with an old friend Holocaust survivor Manfred Goldberg, 92, as she and her husband, Prince William, stood in for the Queen at today’s Buckingham Palace garden party
The Duchess of Cambridge was delighted to be reunited with an old friend Holocaust survivor Manfred Goldberg, 92, as she and her husband, Prince William, stood in for the Queen at today’s Buckingham Palace garden party
Kate, who last wore her custom-made dress for Prince Charles investiture anniversary in March 2019, paired the look with matching accessories
The Duchess of Cambridge has met with Manfred on a number of occasions in the past (pictured in July 2017 in Poland)
She referred to a recent project he took part in organised by the Prince of Wales where he, alongside other Holocaust survivors, had his portrait painted.
‘Since I saw you last you’ve had your portrait painted. How was it? ‘
Chatting warmly with the elderly man and his wife she said: ‘I think everyone has missed coming out and enjoying things like this. ‘
Afterwards Mr Goldberg who was liberated in 1945 and came to England where he married and went on to have four children and 12 grandchildren, joked of having met the duchess: ‘These are some of the perks granted to us as a consequence!’
Despite the weather in London, the mother-of-three was in high spirits and could be seen beaming as she chatted to attendees of the garden party
