{"id":724387,"date":"2026-08-02T12:30:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T12:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/724387\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T12:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T12:30:14","slug":"william-truly-saddened-as-ex-british-army-soldier-nirmal-purja-confirmed-dead-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/724387\/","title":{"rendered":"William \u2018truly saddened\u2019 as ex-British Army soldier Nirmal Purja confirmed dead &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxOMVR2UWVaVDVIRHkyOTJZRFhreVNxT1g0Q1ZsNXp0bXBOQ1pTNUNJSDc2T3hMUTBqV05yZ2dzMkNMcGxMODFtczJUVzZ1SGQtUWpHc0NlVEhIc09iVFFTUndVU2tpNG1UdmxqUF94WHFwYTNLRjVocWJ6cDlGTDdYMUlpMDRSZVJZalVCODhyNUQ3RG45aEVwLTFqMWhfUXlXV2lMU3pHa2xRUGpoUGNkNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">William \u2018truly saddened\u2019 as ex-British Army soldier Nirmal Purja confirmed dead<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE5qN0dYQ2xXaXR6U3F1MmFGcE52VG12alE0WVlfOUR4WjlRQU0wdTZyOHM3eE5QbG91OXQ4SnZ4Ylp5M1M5dWx4OXFFb25raFktOV9MUk1XT2o1aFgy?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Body of mountaineer Nirmal Purja recovered after Pakistan avalanche<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxOaDZsbGhnYUpXNmdZMEF5Z2xVSEhNN2pwZDBiNWVtT2dvUldtXzVjRjBNcVUzV0hyLWo3MDF2ZC12dFctRV85dEJ6cC05N0ctOU41ckdGY19ja3VweDRhSDF1SDJoNENyZEttWEladDZ0ZmxWU2xUbG5BVUxTdkxHWGZNcTdtTGQxcTFyTlRoUlpSOEJEMVBnMnRuZ1pTR1RlckNHUHRRSXJidkpVT21oZjk1bXh1cWpYazJZ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mission to recover bodies continues after devastating Pakistan avalanche<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxPV0ZVUDFNY0tsQ200VzdiNkx3WjFEbGkzQUtQT1lEQWhIMVlUQ2NwTlowSVlXRERGT0Y5MzRmMGV5cDRub2V4S0NTT0VJaVByY0pKanFxYlcxYUFtT08zb1JCY2QtNzJyNFpnajNVMmJoS0pKN19RMjI1ckhlZVdVM1FTTk5VdjhocXg1V0xsY1hLU1l0TXowdGZxVHlvYUtsUFkwRE93amR3SlE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nirmal Purja: Prince William &#8216;saddened&#8217; after death of &#8216;truly unique&#8217; mountaineer<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxQSGlmLXNWMDBTVVQ5S2hPS0V5TWs3Tm5VTmhxWEllakE1ckFhMjlnSXg1OHV0dVdNNmxyaUVEU05MTnpOcVlRRjl0c1VBdmJBc3hZSkJkekpuQXRNdFVPSkx2RWt0MlcyOWlLZVhKcHVrV19fN3Y5TXdrNHZuZTFmM2ZnU25LbXMxeUltbWZuUG1mUWtLREVDQUJHQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">She closed her Pilates studio to chase a mountaineering dream, then tragedy struck<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"William \u2018truly saddened\u2019 as ex-British Army soldier Nirmal Purja confirmed dead&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening StandardBody of mountaineer Nirmal Purja recovered&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":724388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[19765,31452,49,103,50,3538,18080,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-724387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-bear-grylls","tag-everest","tag-headlines","tag-instagram","tag-news","tag-prince-of-wales","tag-spencer-matthews","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=724387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/724388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}