Sunday, May 26, 2013

'I don't know how I can go on without him': Fiancée of murdered soldier flies home from Afghanistan to pay her own personal tribute

Among the masses of flowers and poignant messages left in honour of murdered British soldier Lee Rigby, one very personal message was left yesterday.
Aimee West, who is Drummer Rigby's fiancée, laid flowers along with other mourners near the barracks in Woolwich yesterday, as well as a handwritten note.
In it, she says that Rigby will 'always have her heart' and that he was her 'guardian angel', before signing it off as his 'Princess'.
Emotional: The fiancee of murdered soldier Lee Rigby steps forward to pay her own special tribute
Emotional: The fiancee of murdered soldier Lee Rigby steps forward to pay her own special tribute
Ms West, 22, who had flown back to the UK from Afghanistan, wore a green hooded top as she took her time to read the tributes to her murdered partner.
She was helped with the emotional tribute by around 20 friends, who stood quietly as she paid her respects.

AIMEE WEST'S TRIBUTE TO HER FALLEN SOLDIER

'My gorgeous, wonderful, loving fiance you will always have my heart and I know you will always be my guardian angel watching over me.
Rest in peace baby.
All my love forever and ever, your Princess xxxx'
The Sunday Mirror have reported that she has told friends: 'Lee was the love of my life. I don’t know how I can go on without him.'
Twenty-five-year-old Rigby was killed last Wednesday near to his barracks in Woolwich, south-east London.
The two men who are alleged to have committed the crime, who have been identified as Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Michael Oluwatobi Adebowale, remain in hospital after being shot by police after charging at officers in the aftermath.
A friend of Ms West, who serves as a Royal Military Policewoman, told the Sunday Mirror: 'They met about two years ago and he proposed to her recently. I don’t think she will ever take that ring off.
'They have been in regular contact with each other while she was away. She was in a terrible state when she was told about Lee. That visit to Woolwich was so important.'
On Friday, machine gunner Rigby's mother Lyn, stepfather Ian and estranged wife Rebecca, took part in an similarly emotional press conference where they paid a glowing tribute to the MAN WHO 'would do anything for anybody.'
His death has sparked a public outpouring of grief, with hundreds of bunches of flowers, teddy bears, poems and heartfelt tributes to the father-of-one left near the scene of the crime by Woolwich Barracks.
Many of the tributes came from veterans, fellow servicemen and women and their families. One moving notecard left at the scene said: 'To a brave young soldier, God bless, rest in peace, from an old soldier.'
Raw: The emotion becomes all too much for murdered soldier Lee Rigby's fiancée
Raw: The emotion becomes all too much for murdered soldier Lee Rigby's fiancée

Helping her through: Ms West is comforted as she reads some of the tributes laid for Lee Rigby
Helping her through: Ms West is comforted as she reads some of the tributes laid for Lee Rigby


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