Prince Charles to address Holocaust Forum during Israel trip

The Prince of Wales will lay a wreath at Yad Vashem on behalf of the United Kingdom and meet with the Israeli president and the President of the Palesinian Authority as part of his first official trip to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Clarence House has revealed.

In a visit that begins on January 22, in which he will “undertake a number of engagements on behalf of the British Government”, it has now been revealed he will meet with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem and visit the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum, which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls.

The Prince will then attend the World Holocaust Forum at Yad Vashem on January 23, where he will become “one of a small number of international visitors” to address the event, which will be attended by heads of state including Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron.

That evening he will attend a reception at the home of British ambassador Neil Wigan.