Prince Charles put on a dapper display as he attended the opening of a new cancer and surgery building at a London hospital.
The Prince of Wales, 73, showcased his charming style in a navy pinstripe suit and a polka dot tie when visiting the University College Hospital in Britain’s capital.
He officially opened the Grafton Way Building, which houses eight new theatres, a surgical ward, an imaging centre and a critical care unit.
It comes after the heir to the throne warned in a speech yesterday that the values of democracy are ‘under attack’ in Ukraine in the ‘most unconscionable way’ – as he blasted Vladimir Putin’s ‘path of violence’ for causing ‘appalling suffering and devastation’.
Prince Charles (left) put on a dapper display as he attended the opening of a new cancer and surgery building at a London hospital
The Prince of Wales (left), 73, showcased his charming style in a navy pinstripe suit and a polka dot tie when visiting the University College Hospital in Britain’s capital
The royal (pictured left) officially opened the Grafton Way Building, which houses eight new theatres, a surgical ward, an imaging centre and a critical care unit
Mostly wearing a mask when walking around the hospital, Prince Charles spoke to hospital staff and unveiled a plaque to recognise the opening.
Elsewhere, consultant oncologist Dr Yen-Ching Chang, clinical lead for the Proton Beam Therapy service, showed the Prince of Wales equipment used in the treatment during the visit.
The royal also sat with Karen Dawson and her daughter, 12 year-old patient Louise Dawson, who is receiving Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) treatment (a type of radiotherapy) at the hospital.
On Tuesday the Prince of Wales commented on the Ukraine crisis as he officially made Southend-on-Sea a city following a years-long campaign by the late MP Sir David Amess – who was stabbed to death by a terrorist last year.
During his speech, the future King said he ‘stands in solidarity’ with the citizens of Ukraine as he praised Sir David for his dedication to the ‘values which underpin the society we share’.
Mostly wearing a mask when walking around the hospital, Prince Charles (left) spoke to hospital staff and unveiled a plaque to recognise the opening.
The royal also sat with Karen Dawson and her daughter, 12 year-old patient Louise Dawson, who is receiving Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) treatment (a type of radiotherapy) at the hospital
The Prince of Wales meets 12 year-old patient Louise Dawson, who is receiving Proton Beam Therapy treatment
The Prince of Wales unveils a plaque during a visit to open University College Hospital’s new flagship cancer and surgery building in London
He said: ‘We can only hope that those who are too often cynically dismissive of those in public life will look at his example of service.
‘No one could have given more for the values which underpin the society we share, values which appear all the more precious, at this present time, when we see more starkly than for many years, the appalling suffering and devastation caused when the path of violence is chosen.
‘What we saw in the terrible tragedy in Southend was an attack on democracy, on an open society, on freedom itself.
‘We are seeing those same values under attack today, in Ukraine, in the most unconscionable way.
On Tuesday the Prince of Wales (left) commented on the Ukraine crisis as he officially made Southend-on-Sea a city following a years-long campaign by the late MP Sir David Amess – who was stabbed to death by a terrorist last year
During his speech, the future King (above) said he ‘stands in solidarity’ with the citizens of Ukraine as he praised Sir David for his dedication to the ‘values which underpin the society we share’
Elsewhere, consultant oncologist Dr Yen-Ching Chang, clinical lead for the Proton Beam Therapy service, showed the Prince of Wales equipment used in the treatment during the visit
‘In the stand we take here, we are in solidarity with all those who are resisting brutal aggression.’
He added: ‘In the aftermath of Sir David’s brutal murder, the people of Southend-on-Sea came together in a remarkable and inspiring way to bring good out of evil.
‘In doing so, they demonstrated a deep truth: that what matters more than any name, whether of a person or a place, is the spirit.
‘Today, Southend becomes a city. As we celebrate and honour that fact, we remember that it is always, and crucially, a community.’
Charles is the first working royal to condemn Putin’s actions, which have seen hundreds of civilians killed – and thousands of soldiers slain.
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