The Prince of Wales is bracing for his first major tour of the year today as he will soon be travelling to Estonia for a two-day visit. In what is Prince Willian’s first visit to the Baltic state, the royal will mainly act in his role as Colonel-in-Chief of the Mercian Regiment, which is taking over NATO defence duties in the country from the Royal Dragoon Guards. Estonia is on NATO’s front line with Russia, with British troops working with allies to provide a deterrent to aggression in the region.
Today, the future King will begin his visit by meeting with the country’s president, Alar Karis, in the capital, Tallinn. Later on, he will visit a school founded by the Ministry of Education and Research of Estonia in May 2022 to respond to the war in Ukraine. William, who founded his Earthshot Prize to help recognise and scale up solutions to repair the planet, will also attend an event to learn about renewable energy start-ups. Tomorrow, the prince will travel to Tapa Army Base, where British forces are stationed, ready to defend NATO’s eastern flank and meet soldiers from his regiment and Estonian troops. The British forces at Tapa are the UK’s largest permanent overseas deployment and there are around 800 UK service personnel in total in Estonia.
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