The Duchess of Edinburgh ’s commitment to important and often heartbreaking causes has seen her travel to some of world's countries most ravaged by war and conflict. In April 2024, as reports OK!, she became the first member of the royal family to enter Ukrains in the three years since Russia invaded. Previously, in March 2020, she became the first royal to visit Sudan , just a few weeks after a ceasefire was declared. At the time, she said he had gone to "some very dark places" and heard first-