Friday 1 July 2022 02:21 AM EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Why Prince William in Kyiv would be fitting trends now
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Buckingham Palace courtiers, bemused by reports that Boris is keen on a state visit by Volodymyr Zelensky, believe Ukraine's president would not want to leave his war-torn country.
They float the alternative possibility of a royal visit to Kyiv.
When Zelensky and his wife Olena visited London in 2020, he met William and Kate at Buckingham Palace.
William in Kyiv would thus be fitting. He and Kate were the first royals to lend public support to Ukraine after the Russian invasion, prompting Zelensky to tweet: 'Olena and I are grateful to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge that at this crucial time, when Ukraine is courageously opposing Russia's invasion, they stand by our country and support our brave citizens. Good will triumph.'
Currently in Scotland, Prince Charles is described in the Court Circular as the Duke of Rothesay. Why not also as the Duke of Edinburgh, the title he inherited on the death of his father? Camilla is now Duchess of Edinburgh and since Philip's death the
