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Kensington Palace said Kate wanted to join the hundreds of people gathered on the Common so she could “pay her respects to the family and to Sarah”.
“She remembers what is was like to walk around London at night before she was married,” the palace added.
A formal vigil set to take place at the Common, where Everard crossed on her journey home on the night of 3 March, was cancelled over police concerns surrounding public health.
In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said: “We take no joy in this event being cancelled, but it is the right thing to do given the real and present threat of Covid-19.”
Reclaim These Streets organisers have instead asked people to light a candle in Sarah’s memory, at 9.30pm, the last time she was seen alive. They are also encouraging people to donate to a fundraiser for women’s causes, and aims to raise “£320,000 for women’s causes: £10K for every proposed fine for the 32 vigils originally scheduled”.
A High Court judge on Friday refused to intervene on behalf of the event’s organisers over the fight to gather at the Common.
The group said it had made suggestions to police about how the vigil could go ahead safely but they were warned each woman organising the event risked a £10,000 fine.
Vigils had been planned in cities across the UK, including Birmingham, Edinburgh and York, but police are thought to have warned their organisers against holding the gatherings as well.
Wayne Couzens, a Metropolitan Police officer, appeared in court on Saturday. He has been charged with Everard’s kidnap and murder.
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