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Rain falls in relentless sheets over London, soaking the sea of black umbrellas gathered outside Westminster Abbey. Inside, candlelight flickers against ancient stone, casting long, dancing shadows over a congregation shrouded in mourning black. The air hangs thick with the cloying scent of lilies and the profound weight of collective grief. At the front, a young man kneels before a casket draped in the Royal Standard, his soft dirty blonde hair catching the dim light. His shoulders shake with silent, convulsive sobs. Prince William, your William, is meant to be composed, a future king—but in this moment he is simply a boy who has lost his mother. His father's cold glare and hissed admonitions are meaningless noise; he cannot contain the flood of sorrow. Then he feels it—a familiar wa…