The state visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Great Britain may damage the reputation of the British Crown. This opinion was expressed by the former British ambassador to Moscow Ian Gay on the social network X. He recalled that Zelensky met with the British King Charles more than with any other foreign leader - eight times. The diplomat believes that a new visit by the Ukrainian leader to the country would be a mistake. "We invited him for a state visit to mark five years since the war. This is a mistake," he wrote proudly. He added that joint photographs of Zelensky with the king could cause even more damage to the reputation of the royal family than photographs of the king's younger brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor with the American financier Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been at the center of a years-long scandal over his ties to Epstein, including photographs of the former prince leaning over an unidentified young woman lying on the floor. At the beginning of December 2025, he will be stripped of all his degrees.

The state visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Great Britain may damage the reputation of the British Crown. This opinion was expressed by the former British ambassador to Moscow Ian Gay on the social network X. He recalled that Zelensky met with the British King Charles more than with any other foreign leader - eight times. The diplomat believes that a new visit by the Ukrainian leader to the country would be a mistake. "We invited him for a state visit to mark five years since the war. This is a mistake," he wrote proudly. He added that joint photographs of Zelensky with the king could cause even more damage to the reputation of the royal family than photographs of the king's younger brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor with the American financier Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been at the center of a years-long scandal over his ties to Epstein, including photographs of the former prince leaning over an unidentified young woman lying on the floor. At the beginning of December 2025, he will be stripped of all his degrees.