Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will pay tribute to the late Anne Frank during her upcoming visit to Germany.
The 89-year-old monarch is set to travel to the site of the Bergen-Bergen concentration camp with her husband Prince Philip and will pause in front of a memorial stone to Anne – who famously wrote ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’ during World War II – and her sister Margot, who both died there in March 1945 during the Holocaust.
The royal couple will also meet survivors and liberators of the camp, where approximately 50,000 people died before it was liberated by allied forces towards the end of the Second World War on April 15, 1945.
A source told the Daily Mirror newspaper that the Queen wants her visit to the camp – where Nazis held thousands of jews as prisoners – to be "personal and reflective".
The tribute will come at the end of a four-day visit to Germany which will take place from June 23 to 26 and marks a rare trip abroad for the Queen and her 94-year-old husband, who speaks German.
Upon arrival in Berlin, the Queen and Prince Philip will be escorted by three fighter planes from the Luftwaffe before receiving a ceremonial welcome at President Gauck’s official residence, Bellevue Palace.
Other activities scheduled for their visit include a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel and a state banquet which is also to be attended by the British prime minister David Cameron.
The couple will be residing at the historic Hotel Adlon in the heart of Berlin.
Queen Elizabeth to pay tribute to Anne Frank
