The Queen is to visit the site of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp next month, Buckingham Palace has announced.
She will joined by the Duke of Edinburgh at the camp in northern Germany, where around 70,000 people died at the hands of the Nazis and which was liberated 70 years ago by British troops.
The Queen will lay a wreath at the memorial to Anne Frank, who perished at Bergen-Belsen. She will also meet survivors and liberators, as well representatives of Jewish and Christian communities.
The visit will be part of four-day state visit to Germany, beginning on June 23, which will include a meeting with German chancellor Angela Merkel.
