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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-08T21:09:52.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nVolodymyr Zelensky is preparing to invite King Charles to Ukraine for a State Visit later this year, it has emerged.\n\nThe King and Mr Zelensky met for a private audience on Monday in Windsor Castle.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nIt is understood that President Zelensky wishes to extend this honour following the monarch’s show of support after a row involving Donald Trump.\n\nGB News has contacted Buckingham Palace, the Foreign Office and the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for comment.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe Ukrainian President discussed the planned invitation during an interview in London on Monday, held after talks with Sir Keir Starmer and European leaders Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz.\n\nThe televised row between Mr Trump, Mr Zelensky and JD Vance famously occurred at the White House on February 28, 2025.\n\nMr Zelensky was told he was being “disrespectful”, while President Trump told the Ukrainian leader that he was “gambling with World War III”.\n\nTwenty-four hours after the televised fallout, Mr Zelensky travelled to the UK, where he met Sir Keir Starmer and King Charles, widely viewed as showing solidarity with the wartime leader.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nMr Zelensky additionally used Monday's interview to stress the importance of maintaining strong ties between Ukraine and the UK amid the ongoing war with Russia.\n\nHe told the Guardian: “British people helped us from the very beginning of this war, it’s true. It’s because of security, not only values… But it’s about security in Europe. It’s in the interests of the UK.”\n\nHe added that he hoped some recent tensions in Europe could be resolved after Reform UK-led councils removed Ukrainian flags from civic buildings and replaced them with local flags and the Union flag.\n\n“I hope they will put it back”, Mr Zelensky told the newspaper.\n\n### LATEST ROYAL DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Diana's cheeky postcard revealed as intimate letters head to auction\n  * Charlene hands trophy to Lewis Hamilton after losing to Kimi Antonelli\n  * 'It's a big mistake': Elvis Costello urges King to drop 'Empire' from OBE honours\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n“I don’t want to be involved in any political things, but you know, the world is so sensitive today.\n\n“Sometimes little, small mistakes can break big friendship or huge contacts.”\n\nHe added: “People have to not make mistakes”, before saying: “OK, so you did it, please let’s come back to the table, let’s speak, let’s understand each other.”\n\nElsewhere in the interview, Mr Zelensky also revealed that Roman Abramovich has acted as an intermediary in contacts between Kyiv and Moscow over potential peace talks.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nHe said the former Chelsea owner met him in Kyiv with messages from Russia and offered to relay his response directly to Vladimir Putin.\n\nMr Zelensky said he told Mr Abramovich he would be willing to meet “any time from tomorrow”, provided it was outside Russia or Belarus, and with international involvement.\n\nThe Ukrainian leader also reiterated Ukraine’s stance on occupied territory: “And I said to him about Donbas, it was the key message, I said we will not leave and we will not go out from our territory.\n\n“No, we will not give you a victory (in) such (a) way, and you will not get it.”\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "King Charles tipped for Ukraine State Visit as President Zelensky prepares invitation"
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