In first, UK's Prince of Wales will undertake program of engagements in Israel. In first official visit, Prince Charles due in Jerusalem for Auschwitz memorial.

Future king’s trip next month will be only the second time a member of UK royal family makes official trip to Israel; Prince of Wales also set to visit Palestinian territories

Prince Charles of Wales will attend the World Holocaust Forum at the invitation of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on 23 January 2020, a Wednesday statement from Clarence House read.

While in Israel, the Prince will undertake a number of engagements on behalf of the British Government.

The World Holocaust Forum will be held at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre in Jerusalem, and will commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

British Ambassador to Israel Neil Wigan said: "I am delighted HRH the Prince of Wales has accepted President Reuven Rivlin’s invitation, and will come to Israel to participate in the Yad Vashem ceremony commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau."

"Prince Charles has visited Israel twice in the past, and I am pleased that this time he will get to see a bit more of Israel."

Though Prince Charles visited Jerusalem in 1995 and 2016 on behalf of Queen Elizabeth, this will be the first time that he has has undertaken a program of engagements in the area.

In addition to his visit to Yad Vashem Prince Charles will visit Ramallah, to speak with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and others on behalf of the British government.

At the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum, the prince will join dozens of other world leaders who are traveling to the capital for the event, hosted by President Reuven Rivlin and Yad Vashem. So far, confirmed participants include the presidents of Russia, France, Germany, Italy and Austria, as well as the kings of Spain and Belgium, and many other senior dignitaries.

Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth’s first-born son and the first-in-line to the throne, will not be accompanied by his wife Camilla. Instead, the Duchess of Cornwall will attend a January 26 ceremony with 200 Holocaust survivors at Auschwitz in Poland.

British Ambassador to Israel Neil Wigan said in a statement that he was “delighted” about the prince’s arrival. “Prince Charles has visited Israel twice in the past, and I am pleased that this time he will get to see a bit more of Israel.”

The future monarch has visited Israel twice before, in 1995 and 2016, to represent the queen at the funerals of Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin, respectively.