Within the framework of Victory Day in Europethe British royal family He met in London on May 5 to pay tribute to veterans of the second World war. As every year, the ceremony not only evoked the war history of the United Kingdom, but also the personal ties that persist between the windsor and the conflicts of the twentieth century.
Symbolic jewelry elections by Kate Middleton and the Queen Camila They revealed an intimate narrative of memory, legacy and affiliation, directly referring to their predecessors who actively participated in the war.
Wales’ princess was accompanied by Prince William and her three children, George, Charlotte y Louis, to be part of the commemorations. In his outfit he highlighted a golden brooch with wings of the Royal Air Force (RAF), a piece that does not usually appear regularly among its public accessories.
His inclusion on this specific date was read as a way of paying tribute to his paternal grandfather, Peter Middleton, who was a combat pilot during World War II. Flavors He pointed out that the election of the brooch was interpreted as “a wink to the paternal grandfather of Kate Middleton”, reinforcing the emotional connection of the princess with the event.
Peter Middleton He was born in 1920 and was the father of Michael Middleton, father -in -law of Prince Guillermo. He studied the New College lyrics at the University of Oxford. After his formation, he joined the Royal Air Force, performing tasks as a pilot during the war conflict.
In 1946, shortly after the end of the war, he married Valerie Glassborowwho later would be the grandmother of the Princess of Wales.
Years later, Peter Middleton maintained a specific link with the royal family. In October 1966, he participated as a co -pilot in an air tour of Prince Felipe, Duke of Edinburgh, by South America. During that itinerary, which included visits to British facilities and historical assets such as Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca, Middleton flew along with the consort of Isabel II In different sections.
-One of the most relevant flights was the one that took them from South America to Heathrow airport in London. This data reinforces not only its aeronautical experience, but its operational integration within official missions of the monarchy.
The last point of contact between Peter Middleton and the royal family occurred in 2010, when he met Prince Guillermo on the occasion of his 90th birthday. He died shortly after, just a few days before the marriage commitment between his granddaughter Kate and the second in the line of succession was made public.
Meanwhile, Queen Camila chose an equally eloquent badge, a brooch of the 12th Real Lancer Regiment, in direct allusion to her father, the eldest Bruce Shand. Lucid in the flap of his real blue jacket, the object was an explicit evocation to his family’s military history.
Bruce Shand graduated from the Royal Military Academy of Sandhurst and joined that regiment in 1937, before the burst of World War II. During the conflict, his performance was distinguished with the military cross to value, one of the highest British decorations granted by acts of heroism in the Combat Front.
In the official mention, its “Skill and great audacity” And a specific episode stands out in which, thanks to “the intrepid maneuver of its troop, covered the withdrawal of a column before the fire of four enemy tanks.”
When carrying this brooch, Queen Camila not only recovered the memory of her father, but framed her own role in royalty within a tradition of service and sacrifice.
Instead of a protocol gesture, the use of the military emblem reinforced a generational narrative narrative to the country, even outside the Windsor lineage. Bruce Shand died in 2006, leaving behind a reference figure for his daughter, who today occupies the place of Queen Consort of the United Kingdom.
