Queen Elizabeth made a “generous” donation to the Disasters Emergency Committee to support Ukrainian refugees.
announced the appeal and said that the British government will match donations up to £20 million.
Though the queen is bound to strict neutrality in political matters and rarely comments on them, she canceled a planned diplomatic reception this week due to the crisis in Ukraine. One senior official told thethat the Palace was happy to withdraw invitations from Russian and Belarusian diplomats to make it “clear the Queen was signaling her disapproval.”
The queen frequently comments on natural disasters and has given to the DEC in the past. In 2004, she donated to their appeal for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami, and in 2005 she donated to support humanitarian efforts after the Kashmir earthquake. After that donation, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson
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