KIGALI, Rwanda
Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall on Wednesday arrived at the Kigali Memorial to pay tribute to victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
The Future King 73, paid
homage to the victims by laying a wreath of white roses that included a card
signed by the couple and silver ribbons embossed with the words ‘Never again’.
According to details, the
royal couple received a personal guided tour of the memorial’s exhibits on the
ground floor before heading upstairs to view ‘the children’s room’, which
displays details and photographs, taken before the genocide, of children who
were killed.
The genocide against Tutsi claimed more than a million lives and was stopped by Rwanda Patriotic Front liberation movement led by Paul Kagame now president of Rwanda.
According to the itenerary the
British royals will visit a church outside the capital Kigali where the remains
of genocide victims are buried.
The Kigali Genocide Memorial
is the final resting place of over 250,000 people.
Officially opened in 2004, the
memorial has a visitor centre for students and others wishing to understand the
events leading up to the genocide that occurred in Rwanda in 1994.
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