German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R), Britain's King Charles III (C), and Hamburg's Mayor Peter Tschentscher (L) pay their respects during a wreath-laying ceremony during their visit to the St Nikolai Memorial Church in Hamburg, northern Germany on March 31, 2023. - Britain's Royal Couple is on a three-day tour in Germany for Charles' first state visit as king, with the trip billed as "an important European gesture" to maintain strong ties after Brexit. ADRIAN DENNIS/Pool via REUTERS
King Charles laid a wreath in memory of the victims of the allied bombing in World War Two during a visit to Hamburg's St Nikolai memorial, the remains of a church in Germany's northern port city severely damaged by the air raids.
The gesture comes on the last day of Charles' three-day tour of Germany, his first overseas state trip since ascending the British throne last year designed to strengthen bilateral and European ties.
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