Righteous Among the Nations - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 27 Jun 2018 23:11:40 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Righteous Among the Nations - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Prince William to visit ancestor's tomb in Jerusalem https://cathnews.co.nz/2018/06/28/prince-william-jerusalem/ Thu, 28 Jun 2018 07:51:35 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=108717 Prince William's tour of the Middle East will include a visit to Jerusalem. Besides his state duties, William will visit the tomb of his great-grandmother Princess Alice of Battenberg and Greece. His great-grandmother has been recognised as a Righteous Among the Nations, the highest honor Israel grants to non-Jews who risked their lives to save Read more

Prince William to visit ancestor's tomb in Jerusalem... Read more]]> Prince William's tour of the Middle East will include a visit to Jerusalem.

Besides his state duties, William will visit the tomb of his great-grandmother Princess Alice of Battenberg and Greece.

His great-grandmother has been recognised as a Righteous Among the Nations, the highest honor Israel grants to non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.

She is buried in a crypt below a Russian Orthodox church in east Jerusalem. Read more

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