DUCHESS AT MOSQUE
The Duchess of Cornwall pictured during a visit to the London Islamic Cultural Society, at Wightman Road Mosque, in Haringey, London. She learned how the organisation has supported the community throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
THE DUCHESS of Cornwall visited a mosque in London yesterday to help prepare meal packages for child refugees.
During her visit to the London Islamic Cultural Society the duchess helped pack Iftar boxes – the name of the evening meal eaten when Muslims end their daily fast – destined for child refugees observing Ramadan.
Wearing a headscarf with her face mask she dropped in corgi keyrings and packets of guardsmen sticker collections from the Royal Collection Trust gift shop before tying the bags up with a red ribbon.
Bibi Khan, the centre’s president, gave the Royal a Koran inscribed to the Duchess of Cornwall and Prince of Wales, and when she was told the gift was printed in English, Camilla said “Oh good”.
She then added: “I am deeply, deeply touched by this as I am sure my husband will be too. I would very much like to bring him here in the not-too-distant future.
“You are a shining example and I wish there were more places like this in the country bringing the community and all faiths together.
“I hope I shall be back again.” Ms Khan described how the centre began life in her late father Abdool Alli’s house for Guyanese Muslims in 1983, and now has more than 30 cultures and languages.
Later, Camilla also helped prepare Pfizer vaccines during a visit to an inoculation centre at Lordship Lane Primary Care Centre. She gently shook a phial of vaccine mixed with saline solution a number of times.