Overview

• Palace officials confirmed the Foreign Office–requested mission ran from September 29 to October 2 under high security.
• In Beni, she met survivors at a UK‑funded Danish Refugee Council safe space, hearing accounts that included a 16-year-old alleging assault by a police officer.
• In Kinshasa, she watched Nobel laureate Dr Denis Mukwege operate on a five-year-old at Panzi Clinic and met women sheltered after the Makala prison breakout.
• She engaged with MONUSCO trainers on jungle survival and later met President Félix Tshisekedi, Prime Minister Judith Suminwa, and Health Minister Dr Samuel Roger Kamba Mulamba.
• The palace linked the visit to the 25th anniversary of the Women, Peace and Security agenda and ongoing displacement in eastern DRC, with no new UK policy measures announced.