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Prince of Wales in Poland

15.03.2010 12:28

Prince Charles is on a three day visit to Poland as part of a tour of Central and Eastern Europe.  

 

He is accompanied by his wife, Camilla Parker Bowles. The royal couple is also to visit the Czech Republic and Hungary. 

 

While in Warsaw Prince Charles is to meet President Lech Kaczynski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk. A wreath laying ceremony is scheduled at the tomb of Father Jerzy Popieluszko, the Catholic pro-Solidarity priest murdered by the communist security police during martial law. 

 

On Tuesday, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall go to the Bialowieski National Park, in the eastern Podlasie region, which is home the last few hundred specimens of the zubr, or European bison species. They are also to meet representatives of the Tartar minority in Kruszyniany. The locality boasts a wooden 18th century mosque, one of the two oldest in Poland. 

 

During their stay, Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall,  will confer with culture minister Bogdan Zdrojewski and meet a group of Polish soldiers preparing for their mission in Afghanistan. 

 

This is the fourth official visit of the Prince to Wales in Poland, while Camilla Parker Bowles paid a visit here in 2008.  (ss/pg)


Comments: 10 Add new comment
Ricky Yates
15/03/2010 13:35:49
Your article refers twice to the wife of Prince Charles as being Camilla Parker Bowles. Please note, she ceased to have the surname 'Parker Bowles' upon marrying Prince Charles nearly 5 years ago! She should always be referred to as Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall as you do elsewhere in the article.
Katarzyna
15/03/2010 14:13:06
Polish soldiers are soldiers of Poland and don't belong to failed empire of UK , what is the purpose of this meeting ? to show what?
JudyS
15/03/2010 14:56:33
Ricky Yates, If (as it seems) you think that the constitutionally illegal 'marriage' of Charlie Windsor & Millie Shand/Parker Bowles 5 years ago was constitutionally legal (I certainly don't), then her legally correct title is Princess of Wales. If she is formally and legally married to Charles (as you seem to believe) then she is Princess Camilla of Wales so please always call her by her formal and correct title - Princess Camilla, Princess of Wales (and don't worry about the fact that we'll all be choking on our Weeties).
dunderhead
15/03/2010 15:01:36
her title is Duchess of Cornwall...or Horse-face, deoending on source...The princess of wales died in a car crash, you know...
b
15/03/2010 17:02:35
what's that f-ck doing in poland, he's got no business there except if to apologize for his country not keeping its word during and after ww2
stevew
15/03/2010 18:43:00
To put the matter for the ill informed right. Tony Blair changed the law so the marriage of Charles /jug eared loony the heir to the throne could marry Camilla/horse face so it is a constitutional legal marriage .

Poland and the UK are in nato and allies, Poland and the UK have close military ties, quite what chip you have on your shoulder about a "failed empire" Katarzyna I can't imagine but loloking around the world I don't see any successful empires and if Poland spent less time licking the bottoms of the USA (soon to be completely f****d up superpower) and more time cementing relationships with European partners who are your biggest investors and purchasers of Polish exports , Poles would benefit more than borrowing $4bn to buy a load of jets we didnt need.

B ?? does that stand for Burak of the lack of knowledge variety ? The UK was bankrupt at the end of the war, the junior allied power, The Russians were sat in Berlin, had over run Poland and had installed their puppets, the USA didnt want nuclear war with Russia to drive them out of Poland so Stalin got his way at Yalta despite Churchills protest whcih he couldnt back financially or with force. If the USA and UK had a nuclear war with Russia in 1945 central and eastern europe wouldnt exist.

The UK finished paying its world world war 2 debt in 2008, the yanks didnt even say thank you. Our country was on its knees nowhere nearly as catastrophic as what happenned to Poland however.

Try welcoming people from other countries we don't ever ask why your President comes to the UK or query it or make ill informed stupid comments, we could ask him why the UK'd top ten most wanted criminals are Poles or to stop you lot netting our rivers and lakes and fish stealing but we dont .

Try enjoying peace and democracy and the fact Poland is growing more and more prosperous courtesy of foreign investment eu money and hard work despite Kaczynski s efforts to mess it up and annoy all Poland's neighbours , Poland needs tourism and business to create more jobs , more exposure in positve ways will help this. Lastly as a Brit I am no fan of the Royal parasites/family and especially Charlie boy and pray he is never King. But his job is go and do business for the uk and if it benefits Poland where I live then thats good
Fay
15/03/2010 20:05:33
"Polish soldiers are soldiers of Poland and don't belong to failed empire of UK , what is the purpose of this meeting ? to show what?"
According to the British Foreign office website the visit to the Polish soldiers is "to demonstrate the UK's appreciation of Poland's contribution to the mission in Afghanistan". At least the royal couple are taking notice of Polish sacrifices unlike the British media in general who ignore all soldiers in Afghanistan unless they are Brits or Yanks
Pioro
16/03/2010 05:16:05
Yikes i'll leave this article to the UK expats....
Kamila
17/03/2010 19:23:22
As far as I am concerned, I can see both merits and demerits of the visit of the Royal couple. According to the Guardian the aim of the trip was to promote Britain's relations with the ex-communist countries, which are nowadays European Union members. Well said, but is it really significant for Poland at the moment? For Poland it means another extra expense as these types of visits are quite costly. I don't mind foreign visitors as long as they help promote the image of this country.
Robert U
18/03/2010 03:58:58
To SteveW,
Learn how to spell you 'illititate" jerk before you criticize someone who could promote good will in the previously "Soviet - Occupied" countries of Eastern Europe. What country supplied a sizable number of pilots to the RAF in the 1940 Battle of Britain? Besides their visits can also promote British tourism- its the money stupid!
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