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.

On January 24, he will travel to Bethlehem, where he will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

In a statement, a Clarence House spokesperson said that the engagements in Israel were “focused on his deep interest in Jewish faith and culture and on the vibrancy of the UK – Israel relationship.”

The Prince has previously visited Israel twice – in 1995 for the funeral of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and in 2016 for the funeral of President Shimon Peres – both times in a private capacity.

It follows Prince William's visit in June last year, the first ever official visit by a senior Royal.

Charles' wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, will visit Auschwitz on Holocaust Memorial Day, where around 200 Holocaust survivors will take part in events commemorating the 75th anniversary of the camp’s liberation in 1945.