Dame Laura Kenny, 30, has shared how meeting Prince William to receive her damehood had been "one of the best days of her life" despite experiencing the "worst year of her life" in 2022.The Olympic athlete, who tragically suffered through a harrowing ectopic pregnancy last year, revealed the royal addressed her ordeal and provided words of comfort in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk.Speaking in a wider interview about eating healthy with the #TwoBeforeTenChallenge from the Dried Fruit Alliance, Dame Laura described how “brilliant” it had been to meet the Prince of Wales.“Honestly, I would say it was just one of the best days of my life.
Just the whole experience from start to finish,” she revealed. When the time came to step forward and receive her honour from the royal, she remembered how considerate he had been about the tough year her family had endured.“He was actually brilliant,” the Olympic cyclist recalled fondly. “It hadn’t been long - it had maybe been two weeks since I’d said about having the ectopic (pregnancy) and the miscarriage.”READ MORE: “And he just said, ‘Oh, I’m so sorry to hear what you and your family have been through.’ “And then he also said he would see us again at the Commonwealth Games,” she added.“Just the fact that he’d even brought up what had gone on with our family just felt so personal. “I just thought, ‘I’m so happy.’ Because then it also gave me an opportunity to say, ‘Thanks for caring!’ “Because obviously it’s a difficult subject, but I was just glad and, I guess, happy that he had brought it up.
Dame Laura also spoke about how she was thrilled to find that she and husband Jason Kenny had a “much more private ceremony than usual” when receiving their respective damehood and.
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