In a video posted to Twitter by royal correspondent Richard Palmer, Charles can be seen sitting at a table in the community center chatting and laughing with some Sudanese women.
At one point, you can hear him say, “I’m sorry they did that to you,” chuckling to himself. It is not known what he responded to.
The king then returned to conversing with his guests and continued chatting and laughing.
During his visit, the king spoke to members of the community and heard their stories and testimonies about life in the Sudan and the United Kingdom, as well as their experiences of the conflict in Darfur.
The year 2023 marks a year of activities by the Sudanese community to mark the beginning of the conflict and atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur region.
His Majesty met Sudanese women as they decorated pieces of cloth to create a giant toub (Sudanese traditional dress); a project that aims to bring the Sudanese community in the United Kingdom together in a strengthening way.
The king was accompanied on his visit by Amouna Adam, a survivor of the Darfur conflict with whom Charles and the Queen consort Camilla celebrated Holocaust Memorial Day earlier this year.
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The King will also meet representatives of Waging Peace, which supports Sudanese persons seeking asylum or refugee status to rebuild their lives in the UK, and of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, which ensures that the stories of survivors of genocide and conflicts are told. shared around the world.
Ms. Adam joined the King and Queen Consort on Holocaust Memorial Day in January, where Charles also spoke with Holocaust survivor Dr. Martin Stern.
Charles and Camilla lit candles at Buckingham Palace to remember the victims of the Holocaust and other genocides around the world.
The king said, “I hope this will be a way of trying to remember all those poor people who have had to endure such horrors for so many years – and still do.”