Prince Charles faces call to abdicate from Labour MP after 'comparing Putin to Hitler'
The Prince of Wales has been criticised over comments he allegedly made in relation to Russia's actions in Ukraine
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Your support makes all the difference.Prince Charles is facing calls to ‘abdicate’ from a Labour MP after he reportedly compared Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler in relation to his actions in Ukraine.
The Prince of Wales has been criticised after allegedly telling a museum volunteer “now Putin is doing just about the same as Hitler” during a visit to the Museum of Immigration in Halifax, Nova Scotia, The Daily Mail reported.
Labour MP Mike Gapes called for his abdication and tweeted that in a constitutional democracy, "monarchy should be seen and not heard."
Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps meanwhile argued "it was not for ministers to comment on what our royals say".
Officials in Moscow refused to comment on the claims, which come shortly before Prince Charles is due to meet with President Putin next month to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
Ms Ferguson told the Prince she fled to Canada with her family shortly before the Nazis annexed the Baltic coastal Free City of Gdansk in 1939.
After meeting Charles, Mrs Ferguson, 78, said: “the Prince said, 'and now Putin is doing just about the same as Hitler'.
“I must say that I agree with him and am sure a lot of people do.
“But I was very surprised that he made the comment as I know they (members of the Royal Family) aren't meant to say these things.
“They were sent to the concentration camps and died.”
A spokesperson for Clarence House said it would not comment on private conversations but stressed: “the Prince of Wales would not seek to make a public political statement during a private conversation.”
"I didn't think it was going to make such a big uproar," she said.
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