Lessons of Second World War are being forgotten, Prince Charles says
London — Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, said he feared the lessons of the Second World War had been forgotten, at a time that his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, finds herself at the centre of a dispute about whether President Donald Trump should have been invited to the UK. Trump’s ban on people travelling to the US from seven Muslim-majority countries has sparked protests. In the UK, 1.6-million people had signed a parliamentary petition calling for the invitation to be withdrawn. Prime Minister Theresa May has said the state visit later this year would go ahead. "The work of World Jewish Relief enables us to rally together, to do what we can to support people practically, emotionally and spiritually," the prince said in speech at a Jewish charity’s dinner on Monday night. "Particularly at a time when the horrific lessons of the last war seem to be in increasing danger of being forgotten." Queen Elizabeth II, who has famously never given an interview in her more than ...
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