King Charles is attending the commemorations at Auschwitz (Image: Getty)
was pictured wiping away a tear during an incredible moving ceremony at Auschwitz to mark the 80th anniversary of the concentration camp’s liberation.
The 76-year-old monarch has joined world leaders, foreign royals and elderly camp survivors, the youngest of whom are in their 80s, at Birkenau, the part of Auschwitz where the mass murder of Jews took place.
The sombre ceremony is being held in front of the infamous gates of the former Nazi concentration camp, which had the words Arbeit Macht Frei – “work sets you free” – above it.
Charles is joined by King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands – who will also bring their also brought their daughter and heir apparent, Princess Amalia, King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Crown Prince Haakon of Norway.
Others in attendance include politicians like France’s President Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz as well as President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
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In all, the Nazi regime murdered 6 million Jews from all over Europe, annihilating two-thirds of Europe’s Jews and one-third of all Jews worldwide.
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