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The remains inside the aircraft were too disfigured for anyone to properly identify, but there was one item that survived the crash: The ring that William had made for Starkloff still sat around his finger. Even on his very last day, William was still thinking about Zsuzsi Starkloff.

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Zsuzsi Starkloff eventually married, but she never let go of her daring prince. She lived until May 2020, when she lost her fight with cancer—but for all those years, she still wore William's ring around her neck.

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