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Royal reunion at Twin Towers memorial
Last updated at 12:37pm on 08.09.06
Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson will remember the British victims of 9/11
Sarah, Duchess of York, will join her ex-husband Prince Andrew at a Manhattan memorial service for British victims on the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
The event will be a particularly poignant one for the duchess, who was in New York on the day of the atrocities and was devastated when a number of her friends were killed.
Her charity, Chances for Children, was based in the World Trade Centre in the offices of investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald, and the duchess had been due to visit it on the afternoon of September 11.
One of the red-headed rag dolls sold by the charity to raise funds was later found in the wreckage of the twin towers.
The duchess has been invited to the concert and ceremony at the British Memorial Garden site in lower Manhattan because of her links to the events of 9/11, while the prince will attend in an official royal capacity.
He will speak briefly and meet victims' families who have flown out for the occasion.Around 25 relatives representing six or seven families are expected to be there.
"The duchess wanted to be there to show her support for the British families attending," a spokeswoman for the memorial garden said.
The hour-long service in Hanover Square will feature music from the choir of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, the West Yorkshire Police brass band and the New York Scottish Pipes and Drums Band.
A group of 67 British police officers will form an honour guard on the perimeter of the garden, representing the 67 Britons who were killed in 2001.
There will also be a moment of silence for all 9/11 victims.
The garden, less than half a mile from the World Trade Centre site, is based around a hand-carved stone map of Britain and is due to open to the public this autumn.
It celebrates the historic ties between the US and the UK, as well as remembering the Britons who died in the attacks. No staff members from Chances for Children were in the towers when they were struck
