Leanne Lucas was holding a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on July 29 when Axel Rudakubana entered the building and unleashed his attack.
The dance teacher who was injured during the stabbing rampage in Southport last year has posted new photos of the Prince and Princess of Wales from their meeting last October.
Leanne Lucas was holding a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on July 29 when Axel Rudakubana entered the building and unleashed his attack.
Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, were killed on-site, while the attacker also went for Ms Lucas.
The teacher met with the royal couple last October when they visited Southport.
It was Princess Kate’s first official engagement following the completion of preventative chemotherapy.
Princess Kate hugs Leanne Lucas (Image: LEANNE LUCAS)
William and Kate met privately with the families for 90 minutes and at the time, it was understood that the princess wanted to “show her support, empathy and compassion to the local community”.
Since the meeting was private no pictures of the event were released to the public, apart from the couple’s public part of their engagements speaking to emergency crew.
In a reel video posted on her Facebook which shared her 2024 memories, Ms Lucas gave an insight as to what happened during her private meeting with the royal couple.
Kate can be seen embracing the dance teacher, as well as Prince William, while the royals also pose for a photo with her.
Princess Kate and Prince William pose for photo with dance teacher Leanne Lucas (Image: Leanne Lucas)
The Prince and Princess of Wales visited Southport last October (Image: Getty)
Prince William embraces dance teacher Leanne Lucas (Image: Leanne Lucas)
Ms Lucas, who suffered serious stab wounds while trying to protect the children last year spoke of how the attack left her and her community feeling “very unsafe”.
Speaking to LBC Radio, she said: “My purpose was creating wellbeing events for children and families, and for that to happen where I was, and for the words I spoke and the children spoke, for that to be trampled over has just really dampened all of our spirits, feeling unsafe, feeling like we just lost faith in the world really.
“I’m not too sure how we’ll ever move on, apart from using the girl’s memories as a driving force to change things for other people in the future, so this doesn’t have to happen to them again.”
