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The Prince of Wales has warned that the world is in danger of "forgetting the lessons of the past" as he risked being accused of involving himself in the row over Donald Trump's immigration ban.
Speaking at a fundraiser for a Jewish charity that helps Syrian refugees, he said it was vital to "reach across the boundaries of faith and community... particularly at a time when the horrific lessons of the last War seem to be in increasing danger of being forgotten".
The Prince shared a platform with the Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, who criticised the US President for his "totally unacceptable" travel ban on seven mainly Muslim countries.
The Chief Rabbi said: "President Trump appears to have signed an executive order which seems to discriminate against individuals based totally on their religion or their nationality.
"We as Jews perhaps more than any others know exactly what it is like to be the victims of such discrimination and it is totally unacceptable."
In his own speech, the Prince did not refer to Mr Trump by name, but said it was "vital to learn lessons from the horrors of the past".
Clarence House insisted the Prince was merely repeating his long-held views against religious persecution, and was not aiming at Mr Trump.
A royal source said: "The topics raised in the Prince's speech are very familiar ones for the Prince. He has raised these issues over many years and is not seeking to directly link them to anybody who is currently the focus of attention."
It is understood that the Prince wrote the speech a week ago, before Mr Trump announced his travel ban on people from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
He was speaking in his capacity as Patron of World Jewish Relief at a fundraising dinner in London's Guildhall on Monday night.
The charity was founded in 1933 to support people fleeing persecution from Nazi Europe.
It created the Kindertransport, which brought thousands of Jewish refugee children to Britain from Nazi Germany between 1938 and 1940.
It now supports vulnerable people in 18 countries through activities including disaster relief, employment skills and providing older people with food, medicine and companionship.
Charles spoke of how he is proud to be a WJR patron because the charity sets an example of "true compassion and true friendship".
He recalled the "indescribable persecution" suffered by Holocaust survivor Ben Helfgott, who faced the horrors of the Buchenwald concentration camp but went on to captain Britain's weightlifting team at the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games.