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Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is the heir apparent to the British throne as the eldest son of Elizabeth II. He has been Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay since 1952, and he is the oldest and longest-serving heir apparent in British history.

He is also the longest-serving Prince of Wales, having held that title since 1958. Charles was born at Buckingham Palace as the first grandchild of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. He was educated at Cheam and Gordonstoun schools, which his father, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, had attended as a child. Charles also spent a year at the Timbertop campus of Geelong Grammar School in Victoria, Australia.

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Prince Charles looks visibly distressed as he hears about Rwandan genocide atrocities

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The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall appeared visibly distressed as they heard about the atrocities committed during the Rwandan genocide.

Charles and Camilla learned about the murder of children during the violence as they toured the Kigali Genocide Memorial, with the royal couple being shown the personal testimonies of families who donated pictures of smiling children and listed touching personal details about their loved ones.The couple read intently about the youngsters murdered during the 1994 genocide, and Charles reacted by saying: “Terrible, happens all too often.” His wife lamented “what humans can do to humans”.The duchess bonded with one survivor of the genocide during her visit, when she was hugged by Uzamukunda Walida who was gang raped but now openly discusses her experience.

In 1994, hundreds of thousands of members of the Tutsi community were slaughtered in Rwanda by ethnic Hutu extremists.The remains of an estimated 250,000 victims are buried in the grounds of the memorial, which features an education centre, where the couple laid a wreath of white blooms, with a handwritten card by Charles that read: “In everlasting remembrance of those who died in the genocide against the Tutsi.” As the couple toured the centre they were taken to a room where hundreds of pictures of victims were on display and spent several minutes looking into the faces of the those killed by their countrymen and women.The royal couple were joined by Freddy Mutanguha, executive director of the Aegis Trust, a UK-based organisation working to prevent genocide worldwide, which manages the memorial.

He survived the genocide and, as he told the couple: “If I count my extended family I lost 80 members,” an incredulous duchess.

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