Prince William, Kate visit Sept. 11 memorial
Britain’s Prince William and his wife, Kate, paid their respects with a handwritten note Tuesday at the Sept. 11 museum and told its leaders they were struck by the enormity of the loss in the 2001 terror attacks.
“In sorrowful memory of those who died on 11th September and in admiration of the courage shown to rebuild. William and Catherine,” she wrote in a note the couple left with flowers on the memorial pools lined with the names of the nearly 3,000 victims.
After the museum, the royal couple watched dance and storytelling performances at The Door, a youth development organization. Tapping his feet quietly during a hip-hop-style dance performance, William also showed he was moved by one young man’s story of his father’s incarceration and his own brush with a jail term in an assault case.
The duke and duchess ended their trip at a black-tie scholarship fundraiser for their alma mater, St. Andrews, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Kate wore a dark green crepe, pleated, off-the-shoulder Jenny Packham dress, one she has worn before.
Joan Rivers’ will names charities
Joan Rivers’ left her daughter, Melissa, in charge of her fortune and left money for some of her favorite charities, including Guide Dogs for the Blind, Jewish Guild Healthcare and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
According to Rivers’ 2014 will, which was filed in New York State Surrogate’s Court, the late comedienne made her daughter her will’s executor with “the broadest and most absolute permissible direction” over a fortune that has been estimated as high as $150 million.
The late comedienne asked that her business manager Michael D. Karlin and interior designer Robert Higdon be named co-executors of the living trust. Specifics of her assets and how they will be divided haven’t been disclosed.
Bequests were made to her assistants, Sabrina Lott and Jocelyn Pickett, her publicist Scott Currie, and Rivers’ niece and nephew, Caroline Waxler and Andrew Waxler.
The birthday bunch
Actor Tommy Kirk is 73. Actress Susan Dey is 62. TV chef Bobby Flay is 50. Rock musician Meg White (The White Stripes) is 40. Actress Raven-Symone is 29.