The heir-to-the throne travelled to Rzeszow in southeast Poland where he was to meet the country’s Defense Minister, Mariusz Blaszczak, and speak to members of the Polish defense force and Br…
LONDON – Britain’s Prince William made an unannounced trip to Poland on Wednesday to thank British and Polish troops involved in providing support to Ukraine, before meeting refugees who have fled the conflict with Russia to hear of their experiences.
The British deployment in Poland is part of a NATO build-up of strength on its eastern flank following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Prince William met British Armed Forces in Rzeszow and heard about the work they have been carrying out with the Polish Armed Forces delivering operations in support on March 22, 2023.Prince William jokes with members of the British military during his visit to the 3rd Brigade Territorial Defense Force base on March 22, 2023.“I’m here because I want to personally thank the Polish and British troops working in close and crucial partnership,” William said in a statement to Polish media.
On Thursday, the prince will lay a wreath at the Polish capital’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, where his late grandparents, Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip, also laid a wreath during their state visit in 1996, before he has a meeting with the Poland’s President Andrzej Duda.
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