Britain’s King Charles III has agreed to become the patron of one of the country’s largest Jewish charities, it said on Tuesday, a day after a suspected antisemitic arson attack in north London.

The Community Security Trust, which advises Britain’s estimated 280,000 Jews on security matters, said the king had accepted its invitation to be its patron, reflecting the monarch’s “longstanding commitment to promoting tolerance, inclusion and interfaith understanding.”

The patronage was not a direct response to the arson attack and Charles, who is titular head of the Church of England, has a long history of meeting with different faith leaders and promoting interfaith dialogue.

Buckingham Palace had no comment on Tuesday.

Last year, Charles visited a synagogue in northern England following an attack on Yom Kippur that left two Jewish worshipers dead. He said at the time he was “deeply shocked and saddened” and met some of those who had been inside when it took place.

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