Russia yesterday lashed1 out at Prince Charles for comparing Vladimir Putin to Hitler, publicly questioning his fitness to be king. As controversy2 continued to rage around the world, Russia's foreign ministry3 said his remarks were 'unacceptable, outrageous4 and dishonourable' and 'not worthy5 of a future British monarch6'.
英国王储查尔斯近日访问加拿大时将俄罗斯总统普京比作希特勒，对此俄罗斯外交部21日予以猛烈抨击，称查尔斯的言论“离谱、低级、令人无法接受”，“他不配当英国国王。”
The Daily Mail revealed earlier this week the prince's extraordinary remarks as he met Second World War veterans and their families on his Canada visit. His remarks were seen as a reference to Putin's
seizure7 of Crimea. 'And now Putin is doing just about the same as Hitler,' he said.
Russian
diplomats8 insisted on meeting counterparts in London, where they are understood to have demanded an official explanation. But the frosty 40-minute talks at the Foreign Office in London ended without agreement when British officials flatly refused to discuss Charles's words – and instead attacked Russia for seeking to destabilise eastern Ukraine.
'There was not a meeting of minds,' said one senior Whitehall source. As the diplomatic crisis
escalated9:
* Pro-Putin media in Russia linked the Royal Family to the
Nazis10 in
retaliation11 for Charles's attack.
* The Russian leader's biographer
condemned12 the prince's remarks, insisting he had no 'plans for world domination as Hitler openly did'.
* Charles flew back to Britain at the end of his tour of Canada, where he made his comments.
* The Foreign Office said it had told Russian diplomats to stop
interfering13 in Ukraine's presidential elections taking place on Sunday.
* A Russian newspaper close to the regime attacked Charles as 'a clearly defined eccentric' whose remarks were in keeping with his 'royal foolishness'.
Russian foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich questioned whether Charles was fit to be king after his broadside comparing Putin and Hitler. 'If these words were really said, then
undoubtedly14 they are not worthy of a future British monarch,' he said.
Privately15, Charles has expressed his
frustration16 that his trip has been dominated by a remark that was not, to his mind, a political statement but an expression of sympathy.
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