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. ukraine s leader has been welcomed by president duda at the presidential palace and he s expected to thank the polish people at the royal castle in warsaw later. poland has been one of the most outspoken and generous supporters of kyiv since the war started in february last year. it s taken in millions of refugees and sent more than 300 tanks. it was also one of the first countries to send fighter jets to ukraine. this is the shot we are getting live from poland of the president zelensky and the commentary is in polish and ukrainian but i can tell you they are about to give a statement to the cameras imminently. this is a hugely important and symbolic visit for president ze
are expected to run. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a prince harry reportedly claims he was physically attacked by his brother william during a row over his marriage to meghan. the guardian has obtained a copy of spare, the highly anticipated book from the duke of sussex, days before it s due to hit the shelves. the bbc are yet to see a copy. aru na iyengar reports. there is stringent prelaunch security around this book but the guardian has published extracts of a copy of spare it has viewed. in the book, prince harry describes a meeting in 2019 at his home in london with prince william to discuss their faltering relationship. a furious row broke out, according to the book, during which prince william, now the prince of wales, described meghan, the duchess of sussex, as difficult, rude and abrasive. harry accused his brother of parroting the press narrative about his wife. the row escalated, and then, according to the book, harry claims he
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 it s not the images, but the words that have caught the eye. the invitation refers to the coronation of king charles iii and queen camilla. the wording, camilla, the queen consort, has been dropped. and it s clear that that is quite deliberate. the time has come, the palace and no doubt the king feel, for the wife of the king to be known as the queen. and after she s crowned alongside the king at westminster abbey on the 6th of may, she will be referred to as queen camilla. one other point of interest. among the eight pages of honour
something that no one would imagine possible. then, in february last year, the late queen, elizabeth ii, spoke her sincere wish that camilla became queen consort. and here we have a statement of the norm, that she will be known as queen camilla. just like all those other queen consort in history. the title is queen consort, she is the consort to the king, but the style will be queen camilla, just like the late queen s mother, queen elizabeth, was queen s mother, queen elizabeth, was queen elizabeth when she was crowned next to king george vi. in many ways it is normal and, indeed, if camilla was going to remain queen consort as her title and style, that would be the anomaly. her title and style, that would be the anomaly- the anomaly. what is significant about this, the anomaly. what is significant about this, for the anomaly. what is significant about this, for many the anomaly. what is significant about this, for many people - the anomaly. what is significant| about this, for
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 fact we are seeing queen camilla used on that invitation? in seeing queen camilla used on that invitation? . . ., , seeing queen camilla used on that invitation? . ., , invitation? in a way it means so much because invitation? in a way it means so much because of invitation? in a way it means so much because of the invitation? in a way it means so much because of the back - invitation? in a way it means so much because of the back story| invitation? in a way it means so i much because of the b