The Duke of Cambridge learnt about the individual stories of Holocaust victims through their possessions, other artefacts and moving testimonies as he paid his respects to the millions killed by the Nazi regime
William was taken on a guided tour of Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre in Jerusalem, which recounts the history of the Holocaust, the extermination of six million Jewish people during the Second World War
The museum attempts to tells the story of the Holocaust through individual stories and ultimately the story of a single person
In the Hall of Names, described by the museum as a virtual cemetery for those whose resting place is unknown, the names and personal details of millions of victims have been recorded on Pages of Testimony, symbolic tombstones
There is also an exhibition about the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp with artefacts collected to describe in detail how people were systematically murdered by the Nazis
The Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis joined William for his visit and was later due to play part in a simple but moving ceremony in the museum's Hall of Remembrance where the duke will lay a wreath
Prince William, who is making a five-day visit to the Middle East, will then travel to the residence of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, where he will be welcomed to Israel by the politician and his wife before meeting the country's President Reuven Rivlin at his residence
Later, William will visit the city of Jaffa where he will meet young people involved in the work of two organisations focused on co-existence through football between the youngsters of different religious and ethnic communities - the Equaliser and the Peres Centre for Peace
He will attend a football event hosted by the two charities and will have a chance to spend time with children and teenagers involved in several of their projects, including one focused on empowering young girls
In the evening, the Duke will give a speech at a reception at the residence of Britain's Ambassador to Israel David Quarrey before returning to Jerusalem
Prince William visits ruins where wife was pictured as child The Duke of Cambridge has visited the spot in a Roman ruined city in Jordan where his wife posed for a picture when she was a little girl
The Duke told how the Duchess "loved" living in Jordan as a youngster, in a speech after he arrived in the country on the first day of an historic visit to the Middle East
And he was able to see for himself the beautifully preserved first century Roman city of Jerash where the Duchess, father Michael and sister Pippa visited in the 1980s and posed as a trio for a picture
Video: Prince William visits Jerash ruins The Duke strolled along the site's famous cardo maximus - the city's main thoroughfare lined with columns and still paved with the original stones complete in places with the groves worn by chariots
He was joined by Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein and when he reached the spot where the picture was taken he stopped and looked at a 2ft by 3ft enlargement of the image, released just before the Cambridges married in 2011
The second-in-line to the throne laughed as looked at the picture and then pointing at the image of Mr Middleton said to the Crown Prince: "Michael's looking very smart in his flip-flops"
In scorching sunshine and dressed in a smart casually look of jacket, shirt, trousers and sunglasses, the Duke recreated the photo by standing in the same spot as his wife when a child
He smiled and said: "Need to come back with the family for this shot." Kate's family moved to Jordan in May 1984 when she was aged two and her sister Pippa was just eight months old, after father Michael, a British Airways manager, relocated to the Jordanian capital of Amman for work
The Duchess went to an English language nursery while her parents were in the country for almost three years, before they returned to Berkshire in 1986
Samia Khouri, director of museums at the Jordan's Department of Antiquities, guided the two princes around the sprawling site during a half-hour tour
She said: "He was very surprised when he saw the photo he did not expect that. But that's why he was here, because he wanted to take a photo at the same spot where Kate was photographed
" During William's visit, the site hosted a celebration for young people benefiting from the Makani programme, a nationwide charity that works with those from deprived backgrounds, especially refugee communities
Later, the Duke travelled to the north of the country to visit a new base for the Quick Reaction Force (QRF), which has been formed with British military support
The Duke watched the QRF practising pre-deployment drills and also met British officers on attachment to the Jordanian armed forces
He will later visit the Dar Na'mah Centre - a project of the Princess Taghrid Institute (PTI), a charity established by Princess Taghrid to support women of all ages to develop their own livelihoods and support their families and communities
At the Al Quds College William will meet a number of young Jordanians and Syrian refugees who are enrolled in its media school, training in film and music production as part of the college's partnership with Middlesex University
The Duke will end his visit to Jordan at Marka airport where he will chat to Jordanian Air Ambulance crews and look over their helicopters before flying to Israel for the next leg of his Middle East tour
Duke of Cambridge hails Jordan as 'beacon of hope' The Duke of Cambridge hailed Jordan as a "beacon of hope" for the Middle East, as he spoke of his wife's fond childhood memories of living there, and addressed the plight of Palestinian refugees
The Duke is being hosted by Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah II, the 23-year-old Sandhurst-trained second lieutenant in the Jordanian army with whom the Duke hopes to build a firm friendship
The Duke earlier used his first speech of a landmark tour to reference some of the region's difficulties, ahead of a high-stakes official visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories: a first for the Royal family
Saying Jordan should be "enormously proud" of opening its borders to those fleeing Syria, he said the country's "longstanding commitments to Palestinian refugees" was "remarkable"
Speaking at a garden party in honour of the Queen's birthday, he delivered a message from his grandmother who recalled the "special bond of friendship" she shared with the late King Hussein after they ascended to the throne exactly one month apart in 1952
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