Overview

• The Princess Royal met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv to discuss the UK’s support for Ukraine and gave him a sealed envelope bearing a royal crest.
• At the Children’s Memorial, she left a teddy she said matched one her daughter Zara Tindall had, at a site honoring more than 650 children killed since 2022.
• Her schedule included the Child Rights Protection Centre and a veterans’ rehabilitation facility, underscoring efforts to return abducted children and aid wounded service members.
• The visit, requested by the Foreign Office and kept confidential for security, followed a major Russian strike on Kyiv that officials said killed at least four people and injured more than 70.
• The trip continues a pattern of UK royal engagement on Ukraine, after the Duchess of Edinburgh’s 2024 visit to Kyiv and Prince Harry’s recent stop focused on veteran rehabilitation.