Zelensky Invites King Charles for 2026 State Visit After Trump Meeting and UK Talks

Volodymyr Zelensky is preparing to invite King Charles to Ukraine for a State Visit later in 2026. The Ukrainian president discussed the planned invitation during an interview in London on Monday after a private audience with the King at Windsor Castle. The meeting at Windsor Castle followed a series of talks Zelensky held the same day with Sir Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz.

GB News has contacted Buckingham Palace, the Foreign Office and the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for comment. The invitation comes after the televised row at the White House on February 28, 2025, involving President Trump, Zelensky and JD Vance. During that meeting Zelensky was told he was being “disrespectful” and President Trump told him he was “gambling with World War III”.

Twenty-four hours after the White House exchange, Zelensky travelled to the UK and met Sir Keir Starmer and King Charles. The Ukrainian leader used Monday’s interview to stress the importance of UK-Ukraine ties. “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,” Zelensky told The Guardian. Zelensky also addressed recent tensions after Reform UK-led councils removed Ukrainian flags from civic buildings and replaced them with local flags and the Union flag.

“I hope they will put it back,” he said. “I don’t want to be involved in any political things, but you know, the world is so sensitive today. Sometimes little, small mistakes can break big friendship or huge contacts,” Zelensky added.

He continued: “People have to not make mistakes. ” In the same interview Zelensky revealed that Roman Abramovich has acted as an intermediary in contacts between Kyiv and Moscow over potential peace talks. Abramovich met Zelensky in Kyiv with messages from Russia and offered to relay his response directly to Vladimir Putin.

Zelensky told Abramovich he would be willing to meet “any time from tomorrow”, provided the meeting took place outside Russia or Belarus and with international involvement. He also reiterated Ukraine’s position 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.

No, we will not give you a victory (in) such (a) way, and you will not get it,” Zelensky said.