Prince Charles 'compares Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler'

Prince of Wales tells Polish war refugee about his thoughts on Russia's intervention in Ukraine

Prince Charles during his four day visit to Canada
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Prince Charles has likened Vladimir Putin's actions to those of Adolf Hitler during the Second World War, according to a Polish war refugee.

Marienne Ferguson, a 78-year-old whose relatives died in Nazi concentration camps, met the prince yesterday at a reception for war veterans in Nova Scotia, Canada.

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