King Charles will travel to Poland later this month to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the former German Nazi concentration camp.
The monarch will attend a commemoration service at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial in Poland on January 27, Buckingham Palace confirmed on Monday.
Prior to the commemorations, the King will meet members of the local community in Krakow.
He will also meet the President of the Republic of Poland, Mr Andrzej Duda.
The visit will be The King’s fifth to Poland; more recent visits include in 2008 with Her Majesty The Queen when The Duchess of Cornwall, and in 2010 as part of a wider European tour to Hungary and the Czech Republic.
It will mark the King’s first overseas trip of 2025, after Palace insiders indicated that the monarch would be embarking on a normal schedule of foreign tours this year.
At the end of his trip to Australia, a senior Palace official describes the tour as a “perfect tonic” for his spirits and health as he continues to undergo cancer treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer.
The announcement comes as the King prepares to host a Holocaust memorial and education event at Buckingham Palace today.
He will host three organisations dedicated to educating future generations about the Holocaust for an event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
The organisations will showcase creative initiatives being developed in the UK to ensure the experiences of Holocaust survivors are passed on in years to come.
