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Prince Charles to celebrate Royal Family’s German heritage in major speech on ‘Brexit tour’
ANDREW CHEETHAM19 hours ago
‘The Prince of Wales is to celebrate the Royal Family’s proud historic links with Germany a century after it changed its name to Windsor to escape the connection, in a major speech to extend the hand of friendship over Brexit.
The Prince, who travels to Berlin on Tuesday to begin a tour of Germany, will emphasise his own family ties to the nation, highlighting the royal traditions which date back to Prince Albert.
The choice of words is deeply significant, reflecting on the “cherished” familial bonds in a new era of Britain’s relationship with Germany, and a dramatic change of tone from the post-war decades.
It comes 102 years after the House of Windsor was created, replacing the family name of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and erasing the German-style of titles in 1917 as the catastrophic effects of the First World War were felt.
On Tuesday, the Prince will address guests at a garden party in Berlin, relaying the “particularly personal” connection he feels to the country and sharing his belief that its common ties with the UK must be celebrated.
In what will be seen as a measured but significant comment on Brexit, he will say: “It is a relationship in transition.
“But whatever the shape of our future relationship, and whatever is negotiated and agreed between governments and institutions, it is more clear to me than it has ever been, that the bonds between us will, and must, endure – and that our young people, and future generations, will have as much cause to cherish those bonds as our generation has had.”
The trip, in which the Prince and Duchess of Cornwall will meet Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, was originally planned as the first post-Brexit Royal tour to Europe, and is now intended to be the last before the UK’s re-scheduled departure from Europe.’
