Just 10 miles from a war zone, the Duchess of Edinburgh finds a ‘complete atrocity’

The Duchess, the first member of the Royal family to visit Chad, reveals her distress after hearing about rape of women and children

The Duchess of Edinburgh, during a visit to the Chad-Sudan border, warned that the conflict had ‘fallen from everybody’s consciousness’ Credit: STEFAN ROUSSEAU/PA

Tears streaming down her face, the Duchess of Edinburgh emerged from the makeshift clinic into the oven-like central African heat and stood on her own by the side of the tent for a few moments in order to compose herself...

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