The King has met the victims of the Golders Green stabbings on a visit to the neighbourhood.
Charles visited a Jewish Care charity centre to meet with victims Shloime Rand, 34, and Moshe Ben Baila, 76, also known as Norman Shine, along with Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley.
The two men were stabbed last month in what authorities are treating as a suspected terror attack.
Charles also spoke with members of the Jewish community police force Shomrim, who were involved in responding to the attacks on April 29.
The chief rabbi told the King they “appreciate it enormously” that he had made the visit and showed his support for the community.
After speaking to the King, Mr Shine, who was stabbed in the neck outside a bus stop during the attack, spoke about the “genuine warmth” he had felt from the King.
He said: “He was very concerned.
“The most inspiring thing was that he didn’t let go of my hand, I mean it was amazing, he is the King but I felt a genuine warmth and concern.”
He said that the visit felt “extremely important” for the whole Jewish community.
“We feel we have a genuine friend in the King,” he added.
After meeting with the victims during Thursday’s visit, the King greeted the crowds gathered outside the charity centre on Golders Green Road.
He waved to the crowds gathered outside and was greeted with chants of “long live the King”.
Charles shook hands with a man who turned 100 on Thursday.
“I hope they give you a good celebration, and I hope you get a card from me,” the King said.
He was then presented with a loaf of traditional Challah bread outside Grodz bakery on the high street, and spoke to children from a local primary school.
One man told Charles he was “always welcome” in the area.
The King told him “it’s a dangerous world isn’t it?” and responded “I know” when the member of the public said: “What happened in Golders Green was horrific”.
Charles told others further down the long line of people waiting to see him: “I hope I haven’t disrupted your normal activities too much.”
The alleged Golders Green attacker Essa Suleiman, 45, has been remanded in custody accused of three counts of attempted murder.
Suleiman is accused of trying to kill his friend of 20 years, Ishmail Hussein at his home in Southwark before stabbing the two Jewish victims in the street on April 29.
Suleiman was born in Somalia and came to the UK legally as a child in the 1990s, and was reported to Prevent, the Government’s anti-extremism programme, in 2020 but the case was closed the same year.
