Queen Consort Camilla met a baby during a stop at the Refugio Cafe in Berlin. AFP
Queen Consort Camilla met a baby during a stop at the Refugio Cafe in Berlin. AFP
Queen Consort Camilla met a baby during a stop at the Refugio Cafe in Berlin. AFP
Queen Consort Camilla met a baby during a stop at the Refugio Cafe in Berlin. AFP

Camilla tours Berlin refugee centre while King Charles meets Ukrainians


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Britain's royal couple turned their attention to refugees on Thursday, the second day of their state visit to Germany.

King Charles III played table football with Ukrainians at a disused Berlin airport.

Queen Consort Camilla, meanwhile, toured a community centre in one of Berlin's most diverse neighbourhoods.

The stops came after the king received a standing ovation for addressing parliament in German.

In her first separate engagement of the trip, the queen consort visited the Refugio Cafe with Elke Buedenbender, the wife of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

The centre offers accommodation and social events for refugees, including Arabic speakers and recent arrivals from Ukraine. It opened in 2015, in a summer when more than a million refugees arrived in Germany.

The queen consort met a baby called Kuno as she was shown one of Refugio's projects, a bike repair workshop for women.

On a subsequent stop, she and Ms Buedenbender met performers from Berlin's Comic Opera.

King Charles had a game of table football on a visit to a Ukrainian reception centre. Getty
King Charles had a game of table football on a visit to a Ukrainian reception centre. Getty

King Charles was meeting Ukrainians at the former Tegel Airport, one of many stops with a British connection, having been built in 1948 during the UK, US and French airlift to West Berlin.

The king told refugees he was praying for them, after using his speech to MPs to speak of "unimaginable suffering" since Russia invaded.

In a lighter moment at the airport with Mr Steinmeier, he played table football in the centre's games room and said he remembered "trying this when I was younger".

After conceding a goal he said: "You are the experts.”

Germany has registered more than a million people as refugees from Ukraine since the Russian invasion in February last year.

Day two of King Charles III's visit to Germany - in pictures

  • Britain's King Charles III, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, left, and German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, right, visit a centre for Ukrainian refugees in Berlin during the king's visit to Germany. AFP
    Britain's King Charles III, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, left, and German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, right, visit a centre for Ukrainian refugees in Berlin during the king's visit to Germany. AFP
  • Queen Consort Camilla meets a mother and child at Refugio Cafe in Berlin. AFP
    Queen Consort Camilla meets a mother and child at Refugio Cafe in Berlin. AFP
  • King Charles plays table football at the temporary accommodation centre for Ukrainian refugees at the former Tegel airport. Getty
    King Charles plays table football at the temporary accommodation centre for Ukrainian refugees at the former Tegel airport. Getty
  • The royal visitor meets refugees. Getty
    The royal visitor meets refugees. Getty
  • Queen Consort Camilla visits the Komische Opera Berlin. PA
    Queen Consort Camilla visits the Komische Opera Berlin. PA
  • King Charles addresses members of the Bundestag in Berlin. Reuters
    King Charles addresses members of the Bundestag in Berlin. Reuters
  • King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla are welcomed by German politicians. PA
    King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla are welcomed by German politicians. PA
  • The royal couple visit a farmers' market in Berlin. EPA
    The royal couple visit a farmers' market in Berlin. EPA
  • King Charles speaks with a market trader offering smoked herring. PA
    King Charles speaks with a market trader offering smoked herring. PA
  • Shirley Heim, a British woman who lives in Berlin, poses with her original street party ticket for the coronation of the late Queen Elizabeth II, at the Wittenbergplatz market. Getty
    Shirley Heim, a British woman who lives in Berlin, poses with her original street party ticket for the coronation of the late Queen Elizabeth II, at the Wittenbergplatz market. Getty
  • King Charles meets German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Chancellery in Berlin. AFP
    King Charles meets German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Chancellery in Berlin. AFP
  • Mr Scholz welcomes King Charles in Berlin. AP
    Mr Scholz welcomes King Charles in Berlin. AP
  • Mr Scholz and the king make their way into the Chancellery in Berlin. AFP
    Mr Scholz and the king make their way into the Chancellery in Berlin. AFP
  • Mr Scholz waits as the car carrying King Charles arrives. Reuters
    Mr Scholz waits as the car carrying King Charles arrives. Reuters
  • Cardboard cut-outs of King Charles among packages of wild garlic at the Wittenbergplatz food market in Berlin. AFP
    Cardboard cut-outs of King Charles among packages of wild garlic at the Wittenbergplatz food market in Berlin. AFP
  • The national flags of Germany and Britain wave over the Bundestag in Berlin. EPA
    The national flags of Germany and Britain wave over the Bundestag in Berlin. EPA
  • A red carpet is unrolled at the Chancellery. Reuters
    A red carpet is unrolled at the Chancellery. Reuters
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