The King has shown his personal support for the UK’s Jewish community as he met today with the two victims of last month’s terror attacks.
His visit to Jewish Care in North London’s Golders Green this afternoon was conducted amid a strict security blackout until after he had left.
The monarch also spoke to first responders who helped apprehend the suspect after the two men, both Orthodox Jews, were stabbed in the street.
Essa Suleiman, 45, has appeared in court charged with the attempted murders of three people, including a man in an unrelated attack.
Charles also met with community representatives, including local charities, nearby residents and first responders to ‘reaffirm his steadfast support for the Jewish community, following a series of antisemitic attacks’.
The King was greeted with huge cheers as he made his unannounced visit.
He spent around an hour greeting members of the local community and charity representatives in the predominantly Jewish area of the capital.
Among those he met were Michael Shine, 76, who was stabbed at a bus stop during the terror attack just a stone’s throw away on April 29, and Shloime Rand, 34, who was stabbed as he left a synagogue.
King Charles III acknowledges the crowds as he arrives at Jewish Care in Golders Green today
King Charles III acknowledges the crowds as he arrives at Jewish Care in Golders Green today
Both men suffered serious injuries, with Mr Rand later saying it was ‘a very big miracle’ he had survived.
The King also met Yonathan Elkouby and Yitzi Lipsyc, volunteers with Jewish police force Shomrim, who were involved in the response, and representatives from Hatzola, the Jewish ambulance service that was also targeted in an anti-Semitic attack in the early hours of March 23 when four ambulances were set on fire.
Sir Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan Police commissioner, and Sir Ephraim Mirvis, the Chief Rabbi, were among those to greet the monarch on arrival at Jewish Care in the heart of the community.
‘I’m glad I came to visit,’ the King said. ‘Huge admiration.’
Chatting to Mr Shine and his sister Doreen Friedman, the King expressed his support for the Jewish community and asked about Mr Shine’s injuries and his recovery.
Mr Shine said there was ‘genuine warmth’ in the conversation. He told the King that his visit was hugely welcomed as it ‘says so much’.
