Prince Charles Meets with Ukrainian Refugees in Romania
Prince Charles traveled to Bucharest, Romania to visit Ukrainian refugees alongside Princess Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania. The two royals visited the Romexpo Donation Centre for Ukrainian refugees in Bucharest.
"We feel for you greatly, it’s a nightmare situation," Prince Charles said to refugees in attendance, per the Associated Press. "I’m full of admiration for the Ukrainian people. Total, extraordinary courage and resilience."
Nearly one million Ukrainians have fled to Romania since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February. As of this week, the United Nations says that 6.6 million refugees have left Ukraine, and another eight million are internally displaced within the country.
At the center, the Prince of Wales received a gift from Ukrainian refugee children at the center: wooden spoons painted in traditional Ukrainian patterns. "Marvelous, thank you, thank you," Charles said to a child. "I love the way you painted that."
Joining Prince Charles and Princess Margareta were representatives of Red Cross, the Salvation Army, and the U.N. refugee agency, as well as the mayor of Bucharest.
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Prince Charles has been active in supporting the Ukrainian community, from public visits to comments in his speeches and addresses. During his royal visit to Canada with Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, the royal couple attended a service at the Blessed Virgin Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral. In March, Prince Charles met with Ukrainian women living in Ireland and got emotional as he heard from them. He also met with members of the Ukrainian community during a visit to the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in London.
Shortly after the war began, Prince Charles condemned Putin's invasion as "brutal aggression." Charles's visit to Bucharest—which is about 150 miles from Romania's border with Ukraine—is the closest a senior British royal has come to the conflict, per the BBC.
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