Andriy Yermak, acting president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, told Britain’s The Telegraph on Sept. 27 that King Charles, during U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to Windsor Castle, was responsible for Trump’s turnaround on Ukraine. It was the King, Yermak claimed, “who persuaded Donald Trump that the invaded, degraded country could win the war,” wrote The Telegraph’s fawning royal editor Hannah Furness. “For a King who has spoken openly of his desire to be a peacemaker—to bring people together and make a difference—little could be more satisfying,” Furness wrote.
It turns out that Ukraine has been a special focus of the King since Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine in 2022. “The signals of the support and solidarity coming from the palace, one royal source said, have been ‘loud and proud,’” Furness reports. “King Charles is known to have discussed Ukraine in private meetings with Mr. Trump during the recent state visit. He is believed to have made it a priority, woven into his hosting duties at Windsor Castle, and made a careful mention of it just once in the state banquet speech.” Furness then follows with extensive quotes from King Charles’s toast to President Trump.
