UK's King Charles welcomes Ukraine's Zelensky to Windsor Castle lunch
Britain's King Charles has met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Windsor Castle.
Charles welcomed the leader to an audience, followed by lunch, at the royal residence to the west of London on Monday.
Zelensky has travelled to the UK to meet Prime Minister Keir Starmer and discuss his country's defences and new ways to increase pressure on Russia ahead of a Nato summit that starts on Tuesday.
The Ukrainian president was dressed in a black blazer and black trousers, rather than his usual combat fatigues, for his trip to the castle.
Charles and Zelensky were pictured chatting as they made their way through the historic residence and smiling as they shook hands in the Grand Corridor.
The king and the Ukrainian leader have met numerous times before, including in March, when Charles invited him to Sandringham in Norfolk, and last July at the European Political Community summit at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire.
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