WASHINGTON — Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, visited some of Washington’s monuments and memorials Wednesday, joining tourists on the National Mall.
The royal couple spent about 20 minutes touring the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial as well as the Lincoln Memorial. They paused briefly to read some of King’s quotations about the civil rights movement that are engraved in stone.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that,” read one quotation where the royal couple paused to see King’s words from 1963.
Prince Charles and Camilla were joined by two civil rights leaders for their tour of the King memorial, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rep. John Lewis of Georgia. They also greeted students and teachers from a high school in Virginia who had gathered to watch the visit.