Prince Charles sends good wishes and regards to people of Gibraltar

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 Wednesday, December 11, 2019 - 10:27

His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales held a reception at Buckingham Palace to “Celebrate the Jewish Community of the United Kingdom”. About 400 guests, representing a variety of Jewish organisations, attended. The Jewish Community of Gibraltar was represented by Douglas Ryan, as Gibraltar’s Deputy at the Board of Deputies of British Jews. 

At the reception Prince Charles lauded the contribution of the Jewish Community, in all aspects, to the British way of life. He acknowledged British Prime Benjamin Disraeli, who never forgot his Jewish ancestry, and who was renowned for counselling Queen Victoria, the Prince’s great, great, great grandmother. Commenting on Sir Moses Montefiore’s involvement in finance and politics, the Prince stressed Sir Moses role as a great philanthropist to British causes.

His Royal Highness expressed his personal pride at the part that his paternal grandmother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, played in saving the lives of Jews in Athens who were being persecuted by the Nazis. That mission during the World War II is commemorated in the Yad Vashem Memorial in Israel (The World’s Holocaust Remembrance Centre). He also mentioned Princess Alice’s choice to be buried in Israel’s Mount of Olives.

During a private conversation with Douglas Ryan, the Prince asked that his personal good wishes and regards be passed on to the people of Gibraltar.

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