Between Princess Kate’s Armistice Day ceremony and The King and Queen’s VJ Day reception, November 11 marked a busy day of Remembrance Day events for the Royal Family. Following Kate’s first solo appearance at the annual Service of Remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum, members of the Royal Family gathered to honor military veterans at a special Windsor Castle event. During the reception, one attendee made comments that particularly moved The King and Queen.

Their Majesties previously met 105-year-old Yanvar Abbas at a service of remembrance earlier this year, and the Army veteran movingly thanked The King and Queen for being there on Wednesday night despite King Charles‘s battle with cancer. According to GB News, his words “appeared to move the couple to tears.”

“I told him, ‘We can’t go on meeting like this,'” Abbas joked. “I was very much looking forward to meeting him again. “I have a lot of respect for His Majesty, not just as a monarch, but as a human being.”

Abbas is a cancer survivor himself, and while speaking of The King, added, “It’s wonderful to meet him and to know that he is improving, because I had cancer and I got rid of it. I’ve been rid of it for 15 years now.”

Prince William, Prince Edward and the Duchess of Gloucester also attended the event, with the Prince of Wales freshly back from his trip to Brazil for the Earthshot Prize. And although he was focused on hearing the stories of veterans on Tuesday night, the prince also managed to make a surprise appearance on U.S. television.

William made a cameo on the 20th anniversary special episode of Dancing With The Stars, appearing in a video call with contestant Robert Irwin, who serves as an ambassador for William’s Earthshot Prize. The Prince of Wales teased his friend—who missed the Brazilian ceremony because of his dance training—calling Irwin “twinkle toes” and wishing him luck in the rest of the competition.