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For the first time, a member of British royalty, Prince Charles, participated in the Memorial Day commemoration. He spoke of crises around the world: the corona pandemic, climate change. The common struggle “for the good of the world” is even more important.
On the occasion of this year’s national day of mourning, which this time was dedicated to German-British friendship, Prince Charles, a member of the British royal family, participated for the first time in the ceremony in Berlin. The heir to the throne emphasized the ties between Germany and Great Britain and referred to current “existential challenges” such as the corona pandemic, climate protection, but also the exit of his own country from the EU.
“Together we are an indispensable force for good in the world,” the 72-year-old said in his speech to the Bundestag, which alternated between English and German. Both states “would decisively defend values, as defenders of human rights and the international rule-based order throughout the world.”
Germany and Great Britain as “instinctive problem solvers”
The world has to fight with “crises and wars,” said Prince Charles. “Our two countries are instinctive problem solvers working together to provide innovative and practical solutions to the challenges we face around the world.” He referred to a variety of goals that the policy should work for: the global health effort, including the search for a vaccine to fight the coronavirus. But also the protection of biodiversity and forests, the use of renewable energy and clean growth in harmony with the protection of the climate.
Brexit will not break “common ties”
In the face of Brexit, Prince Charles was convinced that “the central ties between us will remain strong.” And I add:
“We are so involved in the future of the other country that our national interests, even if they may be different, will always be intertwined.”
Laying the wreath at Neuer Wache
Before his speech in the Bundestag, the British heir to the throne, who had arrived in Berlin that morning with his wife Camilla, laid a wreath at the Neue Wache in the center of the city. The Neue Wache has been the Federal Republic’s central memorial for the victims of war and tyranny since 1993. Also participating in the ceremony were Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of the Bundestag, Wolfgang Schäuble, President of the Bundesrat, Reiner Haseloff, and the Federal Minister of Defense, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer.
Every year Germany commemorates the victims of war, terrorism, extremism and anti-Semitism on the day of national mourning. The day of national mourning was reintroduced in 1952 at the suggestion of the Volksbund Deutscher Gräberfürsorge. Its origins date back to 1922. The day of remembrance is celebrated every year two weeks before the first Advent.
