He may have been likened to Hitler, but Vladimir Putin is still on course to attend the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings to celebrate the allies “fighting together against Nazism” – with the Prince of Wales.
The pair will be attending the same event at Sword Beach in Normandy next month, the site at which British troops landed to stormed Nazi positions at the end of the Second World War.
Despite the attendance of world leaders such as President Obama and Francois Hollande and the presence of 2,000 Allied veterans, for many it will be the Prince and Putin who will warrant the most attention after the Russian President rounded on Prince Charles following his remarks in Nova Scotia last Tuesday.
The Prince was speaking to Marianne Ferguson, 78, who explained that her Jewish family had escaped Nazi-occupied Danzig during WWII, and Prince Charles reportedly told her that “Putin is doing just about the same as Hitler”, drawing what has been seen as a parallel between the dictator’s behaviour and Russia’s annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea in March.
Russia has strongly criticised the Prince since his comments were revealed, and on Friday the Kremlin-backed Russia Today launched a scathing attack on the Royal Family, claiming that “Russia has asked for an explanation though although I’m not sure why, because if anyone knows real Nazi’s it’s the Royal Family”, Independent informs.
