Back on the Job: Prince William Pops Up at WWII Hero’s Funeral

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Prince William made his second public appearance since Kate Middleton’s cancer announcement as he attended the funeral of a World War II veteran on Friday morning.

The Prince of Wales visited Hereford Cathedral to honor the life of Maj. Mike Sadler, the last remaining airman of the U.K.’s original Special Air Service (SAS) regiment, an elite task force founded in 1941. Sadler, who passed away in January at the age of 103, was a gifted navigator who used the stars to guide his comrades across large spans of North Africa. He was memorialized in the BBC drama SAS: Rogue Heroes, played by House of the Dragon actor Tom Glynne-Carney.

William joined Sadler’s family and friends to pay his respects.

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