The heir apparent to the British throne has been to Jerusalem twice before on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II in 1995 and 2016 to attend the funerals of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and president Shimon Peres, respectively.The queen has never visited Israel. However, her husband, Prince Philip, has visited his mother’s grave on the Mount of Olives. Princess Alice of Greece hid a Jewish woman, Rachel Cohen, and two of her children during the Holocaust and is recognized by Yad Vashem as a Righteous Gentile. Last year, Prince William came to Israel in the first-ever official visit to Israel by a member of the British royal family.Lahav Harkov contributed to this report..@PresidentRuvi welcomes Prince Charles at start of his first official visit. Expresses ‘deep appreciation’ HRH has come to mark 75 years since liberation of camps and adds: “We still expect your mother to come” @ClarenceHouse @chiefrabbi pic.twitter.com/g9xPIqJ95g
— Justin Cohen (@CohenJust) January 23, 2020