The Duchess of Cambridge has praised an amazing image of an elderly couple holding hands as they battled Covid-19, before dying just five days apart, which was chosen for her landmark photographic project.
Kate Middleton, 39, spoke to Hayley Evans, West Sussex, who submitted the picture of her grandparents, Pat and Ron Wood as they held hands while in hospital last year, to the National Portrait Gallery s Hold Still exhibition.
The striking image, entitled Forever Holding Hands, was among 100 photographs chosen for the duchess Hold Still exhibition and book, which encouraged the public to document life during the pandemic.
Kate phoned Hayley last autumn and the conversation was released today on the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge s new YouTube channel, alongside heart-warming photographs of Hayley and her family.