In most countries, 72-year-olds have passed retirement age. However, in the United Kingdom, Prince Charles, the Crown Prince of Wales, who has just passed his 72nd birthday, is still shouldering heavy tasks, which is actually paving the way for him to become king of the United Kingdom in the future.
According to the British "Daily Mail" and "Sun" reports, on November 15, local time, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall Camilla Parker Bowles participated in the country's memorial service for the fallen soldiers in the First World War in Berlin, Germany, and they laid wreaths with the German president and the president's wife, which was the first time that members of the British royal family ever participated in the German World War I memorial ceremony.
Prince Charles and Camilla arrived in Berlin on the evening of November 14, local time, which happened to be Prince Charles's 72nd birthday. On the morning of the 15th, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Budenbender officially welcomed the British Crown Prince and his wife at bellevue palace in Berlin.
The two couples, both wearing masks, took a group photo outside the German presidential residence, and the quadruple room maintained a social distance of more than one meter, which is very new crown era style.
Subsequently, the president and his wife accompanied Prince Charles and his wife to the Newwash Central Memorial hall to lay a wreath to the fallen soldiers of the First World War, and after laying the wreath, Prince Charles and Camilla stepped forward together according to German tradition, touching the wreath, symbolically arranging the ribbon, and then bowing their heads in silence, the trumpeter playing "The Good Comrade".
Then, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla came to the German Bundesweet to attend the commemoration ceremony, at which Prince Charles spoke and urged the people of the world to unite and fight for the elimination of hate crimes for future generations.
In 2018, President Steinmeier of Germany attended the Uk's Memorial Day in London and laid a wreath.
Prince Charles's visit to Germany has at least two meanings. One is related to history. The two countries had different memorial days, with The United Kingdom on 11 November, the time of the Signing of the Armistice of the First World War, and the second Sunday before Advent in Germany; the two countries were enemies in the First World War, with the Allies to which Britain belonged and the Allied powers to which Germany belonged to the defeated. On Memorial Day, the exchange of visits between the German president and the Crown Prince of The United Kingdom (who actually represents the British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II) represents "abandoning the past" and fighting together.
The second significance of Prince Charles and Camilla's visit to Germany is related to the background of Brexit, highlighting the importance of the relationship between the UK and Germany in the context of Brexit tensions.
According to the British "Mirror" news, Prince Charles will also give a "historic" speech in Germany, discussing the importance of global cooperation in the fight against the new crown epidemic and discussing the threat posed by climate change to mankind.
Prior to this visit, Prince Charles and Camilla last visited Germany in May 2019. Prince Charles has made more than 30 official and private visits to Germany since 1962, and the Duchess of Cornwall made her first official visit to Germany in 2009.
During this visit, there was a small detail that was quite warm. On the 14th and 15th, Prince Charles and Camilla wore different masks when they appeared in public, and when they participated in the commemoration event, Camilla chose a mask with a Yu beauty flower (very similar to a poppy) pattern, which is specially used to commemorate the fallen soldiers, and on the 11th, Camilla also wore this mask when attending the Anniversary Day event in the United Kingdom.
Recently, there have been three rare elderly people in britain and the United States who are particularly worried, namely 74-year-old Donald Trump, 77-year-old Joe Biden and 72-year-old Prince Charles.
Old people are very hard to work, and young people are not embarrassed to be lazy :)
Source: DAILYMAIL, BING
Editor: Zhang Xiao