Prince Charles criticised for comparing Putin to Hitler

British politicians and royal-watchers expressed criticism, and some sympathy, at comments by Prince Charles comparing Russian president Vladimir Putin’s actions in Ukraine to the territory-seizing of Adolf Hitler.

There was no comment from the Kremlin but popular Russian daily paper Moskovskij Komsomolets said: “The heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, risks triggering international scandals and complicating the already not unclouded relationship between Britain and Russia.”