KING Charles will become the first-ever British monarch to visit Auschwitz as he makes a “deeply personal” trip.
The monarch, 76, will tour the former Nazi concentration camp to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
The King speaking during his visit to Krakow[/caption]
King Charles talking to members of the public during his visit the Jewish Community Centre in Krakow to meet Holocaust survivors[/caption]
Charles has been invited to Poland for the 80th anniversary of its liberation alongside foreign monarchs, leaders and Holocaust survivors.
He will attend a service at the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum and memorial.
It comes after the King hosted a reception ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day at Buckingham Palace on January 27.
At the event, he told attendees: “I feel I must go for the 80th anniversary, (it’s) so important.”
Queen Camilla also vowed to “never forget” the atrocities as she spoke at the annual lunch of the Anne Frank Trust in central London last week.
More than a million people were murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz-Birkenau during the Second World War
They comprised mostly of Jews, but also Poles, Soviet prisoners of war and other nationalities were killed as part of the Holocaust.
In total, more than six million Jewish men, women and children were killed.
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