Prince William and his wife Kate met Saturday with survivors
of the 2015 extremist attacks at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris and other
city sites on the second day of their visit to the French capital.
During a visit to the Invalides monument, the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge praised the courage of two victims who described the
circumstances of their wounds and the effects on their lives.
One victim, identified only by her first name, Jessica, was
wounded by seven bullets in one of the attacks, on a bar. She told the British
royals that she wants to show the attackers that "they cannot win."
"I am ambitious. I am still ambitious. I need to live
and to work," she said.
"You're very brave," Kate said.
The couple also played a bit of rugby with children and met
pupils from the British School of Paris. William rebuffed a pupil's question
about what he thought of Britain's Brexit vote to leave the 28-nation European
Union, saying he could not answer. British royals are not supposed to engage in
politics.
The trip is William's first official visit to Paris since
his mother died here in a 1997 car crash. The visit doesn't include any
official memorial events for Diana.