Duchess of Edinburgh breaks down in tears on trip to Chad

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The Duchess of Edinburgh broke down in tears during her visit to Chad.

The Duchess was seen crying after meeting sexual violence victims in the African country.

Sophie met refugees who had fled neighbouring Sudan to escape civil war and heard from the victims and what they had experienced since the war broke out in 2023.

The Duchess was also seen embracing five women after hearing their stories. She later admitted that she was “quite wobbly” after speaking to the women.

 

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King Charles’s sister-in-law told the media after her encounter with the women: “People are having to exchange food and water for sex, for rape. That is violence that is being enacted through conflict. It is being used as a bargaining tool.

“These women have no option but to leave. And, even then, they’re lucky if some of them can get away because some of the villages and towns that they come from they can’t even leave their houses any more.

“If they leave their houses they get killed.”

Sophie was in the country for a three-day visit alongside UNICEF where she visited a refugee camp in Andre mainly for women and children escaping the conflict. She also travelled to the border with Sudan to see where 400 to 1,000 people cross daily.

The Duchess of Edinburgh is the first member of the Royal Family to visit Chad.

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