The Prince of Wales' speech at London Armenian church: the appalling nightmare faced by Middle Eastern Christians is heart-breaking

The Prince of Wales this week visited St Yeghichè’s Armenian church in South Kensington, London, where he told an audience of 1,000: “It is, literally, heartbreaking to learn of the attacks on Christians and on the churches where they gather, such as the mindless, brutal destruction of the Armenian church in Deir el Zour in late September.” His visit comes two weeks after he made an impassioned plea for religious freedom at the 4 November launch of an Aid to the Church in the Need report on persecution. Read his speech below: Your Eminence, Bishop, and Ladies and Gentlemen. Before I leave this wonderful Church I particularly wanted to thank Bishop Vahan for this really exquisite icon, I will treasure it for the rest of my life and I am hugely grateful. It will b