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Duchess of Edinburgh Delivers King’s Message at Srebrenica Genocide Memorial

Her visit highlights the UK’s commitment to supporting survivors through renewed efforts to identify missing victims decades after the atrocity.

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Overview

  • The Duchess read King Charles’s message of regret and respect, saluting the Mothers of Srebrenica for preserving the memory of those killed.
  • She laid flowers at the Srebrenica memorial cemetery as seven newly identified victims were interred on the 30th anniversary.
  • She met surviving family members and leaders of the Mothers of Srebrenica association to hear firsthand accounts and calls for justice.
  • She engaged with the Missing Persons Institute of Bosnia and Herzegovina to support cross-ethnic efforts to locate and identify missing victims from the 1990s conflict.
  • She donated a scarf to the Mother’s Scarf art installation in Sarajevo City Hall as a symbol of women’s resilience and peacebuilding in the Bosnian war.