The King has said the commitment of a major centre for Islamic study to “international co-operation” is more “imperative than ever in today’s world”.
His Majesty officially opened the King Charles III Wing at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, of which he is a patron, during a ceremony at the institution on Thursday.
The centre’s current home was first opened by the then Prince of Wales in the early 1990s, and was granted a Royal Charter by the late Queen Elizabeth II in 2012.
During a short speech, the King said he had seen the centre “grow from a modest hut” into an “internationally renowned institution”.