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hello and welcome to bbc news. we start in poland where president zelensky of ukraine has made his first official visit to the country since russia invaded ukraine. the polish president, andrzej duda, has told his ukrainian counterpart that poland will urge nato to give kyiv additional security guarantees. ukraines leader has been welcomed by president duda at the presidential palace and hes expected to thank the polish people at the royal castle in warsaw later. poland has been one of...

By buckingham palace one month and one day ahead of the coronation, showing the king and the queen consort, as the palace has been at pains to call her from the moment charles came to the throne. but alongside the photograph, the palace also issued this. a copy of the official invitation to the coronation, a brightly coloured document with images of nature. birds, butterflies, flowers and a green man. but its not the images, but the words that have caught the eye. the invitation refers to the co...

Who will process through the abbey with the king and queen will be nine—year—old prince george. he will get a very close view of the ceremony in which one day he will be the central figure. nicholas witchell, bbc news. i am joined by professor of the history of monarchy at city, university of london anna whitelock to tell us more about the signifcance of this invite. a pleasure to have you on the programme. obviously, we know it is a big deal, but can you explain why this means so much, the ...

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Have had from when we first heard of camilla in the media papers, as the third wheel in a relationship. if you put that against what we are seeing now, really, she has become an extremely long way in terms of how the public view her and of how the royal family view her. absolutely, she is now at the heart of the establishment, she will be crowned alongside the king and it will be the reign of king charles and queen camilla. so yes, it is a huge rehabilitation of the image of camilla, back from t...