Dead body found in pond at Prince William and Kate Middleton’s west London home
<p><span>The deceased body of an unidentified woman has been pulled out of a lake in front of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s home at Kensington Palace in west London.</span><br /><br /><span>The corpse was found in Round Pond which is only a short walk from the Palace gates.</span><br /><br /><span>Metropolitan Police were called just after 7 am local time on Saturday, August 29.</span><br /><br /><span>The woman was announced dead at the scene and while police say the death is not being treated as suspicious, they have confirmed that investigations are still “ongoing”.</span><br /><br /><span>A post-mortem examination will take place.</span><br /><br /><span>The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, along with their three young children, reside inside the Palace.</span><br /><br /><span>However the family were reportedly visiting the Queen at Balmoral in Scotland on the day the horrifying discovery was made.</span></p>
<p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7837749/round-po-nd-royals-1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/d62a9a486233425dbbb523364672070f" /><br /><br /><span>Newlyweds Princess Eugenie and husband Jack Brooksbank also live on the grounds of Kensington Palace in a cottage.</span><br /><br /><span>However, it is not known if the couple were present when the body was found.</span><br /><br /><span>Initially, authorities thought the body belonged to poet laureate Sir John Betjeman’s grandaughter Endellion Lycett Green.</span><br /><br /><span>She had been missing for a week but reportedly was later found alive.</span><br /><br /><span>Her brother John Lycett Green wrote: “My sister Endellion is alive, safe and well.</span><br /><br /><span>“Thank you all for the support and love you showed for Delli and her family.</span><br /><br /><span>“Sorry to all of you that, like us, were grieving for the wonder that is Delli. We were told a body was found and was her.</span><br /><br /><span>“It was not, and Delli was found last night.</span><br /><br /><span>“RIP the soul that was found in Kensington Round Pond on Saturday morning.”</span><br /><br /><span>Kensington Gardens, which includes the Palace and the Round Pond, is said to remain open to the public while police investigations continue.</span></p>
