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October 11, 2016

British Royals Should Visit the Jewish State—Officially

Why would Prince Charles go to his grandmother’s grave in secret?

Two weeks ago, Prince Charles arrived in Israel for the funeral of Shimon Peres, after which he privately, if not secretly, went to the Mount of Olives to visit the grave of his grandmother, Princess Alice of Battenberg—who, among other things, had sheltered Jews in Nazi-occupied Greece. This was Charles’ second time in the country, the first being for the funeral of Yitzḥak Rabin, but neither he nor his mother has ever paid an official state visit. The editors of the Jerusalem Post urge the royal family to reconsider its apparent policy:

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