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The former Prince of Wales with Cambridge Trust scholars
HRH The Prince of Wales
Photographer: Hugo Burnand

Our Patron

As Patron of the Cambridge Commonwealth, European & International Trust, His Majesty King Charles III maintains his longstanding connection with Cambridge.

His Majesty The King attended the University of Cambridge to read Archaeology & Anthropology, changing to History for the second part of his degree, and graduated from Trinity College in 1970.

His Majesty has supported our work in helping students to take up their places in Cambridge since the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust and Cambridge Overseas Trust were established in the 1980s.

His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales' visit to Cambridge, 31 March 2022 to meet HRH Prince of Wales Commonwealth Scholars:

Richard Chen, Australia, PhD, Chemistry

Sana Khald, Pakistan, PhD, Pharmacology

Paul Muiru, Kenya, PhD, History

Vishaal Udandarao, India, MPhil, Machine Learning & Machine Intelligence

Hasini Weerasinghe, Sri Lanka, PhD, Engineering

Grace Yin, Canada, MPhil, Population Health Sciences

Moniruz Zaman, Bangladesh, LLM, Law

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