The Duchess of Cambridge appeared to shed a tear when she visited a spectacular tribute to those killed in the Great War this morning.
Kate was visiting the powerful art installation at the Tower of London when she seems to have been overcome with emotion.
The project, called Blood Swept Lands And Seas Of Red, has seen thousands of ceramic poppies planted coming out of the tower and into the moat.
So far 120,000 flowers have been planted but by the time its finished in November there will be an enormous 888,246. Each one is hand made and unique, representing the number of British and Commonwealth servicemen and women killed during World War I.
The Duchess was joined on this mornings emotional visit with Princes William and Harry, with all three planting their own flowers to join the huge red sea.
William was heard telling the artwork's creator Paul Cummins the piece was "spectacular" before they joined him to climb the Middle Tower to view the artwork from on high.
They then walked through the poppies before planting their own tribute to the war dead, accompanied by General Lord Dannatt, Constable of the Tower of London, and his wife Philippa.
The smartly-suited Princes and Kate, who wore a dress of cobalt blue, also met volunteers from Historic Royal Palaces and ex-services personnel who helped install the artwork.
They then briefly walked around the moat to see the extent of the work so far while crowds lining the top of the moat cheered.
Mr Cummins said he got the idea for the artwork from a "living will" he found in Derbyshire two years ago which had used the phrase that gave his installation its name.
"Each one represents someone who died in the First World War from Britain and the Dominions. I'm literally trying to represent people because a number is a number, but if you see it all like this it is a visual idea of how many people were there."
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