King Charles issues sad statement over passing of Lily Ebert

King Charles III is heartbroken as he paid a touching tribute to Lily Ebert over her death at the age of 100.

Lily Ebert died peacefully at her home surrounded by family, her great-grandson Dov Forman said on Wednesday. She lived in north west London.

The royal family's shared a message of King Charles over the passing of Lily Ebert MBE.

King penned: "It was with the greatest sadness that I heard this morning the news of Lily Ebert's death."

As a survivor of the unmentionable horrors, I am so proud that she later found a home in Britain where she continued to tell the world of the horrendous atrocities she had witnessed, as a permanent reminder for our generation - and, indeed, for future generations of the depths of depravity and evil to which humankind can fall.