EXCLUSIVE: The Duchess of Edinburgh's recent visit to Ukraine was historic and proves 'she is a woman of conviction' who is prepared to 'take risks to make a difference'
The Duchess of Edinburgh recently became the first member of the Royal Family to visit Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion.
"It was courageous and highly symbolic: to visit a country at war sends out a message of defiance," Jennie adds. "Sophie is making quite a habit of going to troubled regions of the world: for example Baghdad, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sophie met the President and First Lady of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky and Olena Zelenska, on Monday morning and delivered a message to them on behalf of the King.
Sophie met survivors of conflict-related sexual violence and torture who shared their stories, and talked to children who have been returned to Ukraine after being forcibly separated from their families and deported by Russia as part of a sustained campaign to erase Ukrainian culture, the FCDO said. Speaking at an evening reception at the residence of the UK ambassador to Ukraine, Martin Harris, Sophie said she had travelled to many countries in conflict or post-conflict, and “women and girls pay the highest price in terms of human costs”.
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