Queen Mary of Denmark welcomes Olena Zelenska, to Copenhagen as Ukraine’s Firsy Lady praises the Danish royal family for its ongoing ‘support’

Queen Mary of Denmark looked radiant as she greeted Ukraine’s First Lady in Copenhagen yesterday.

The Australian-born Queen, 52, skipped formalities and greeted the wife of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Olena Zelenska, with a warm hug.

After the meeting, Olena, 46, reciprocated Mary’s show of warm affection on Facebook, where she branded Denmark as one of Ukraine’s ‘biggest and most reliable partners’.

Proving her fashion prowess, Mary sported a stylish off-white suit paired with a ruffled cream blouse. She completed her look with snake-print heels.

The Ukrainian First Lady, meanwhile, looked equally elegant in white blouse with statement balloon sleeves and a pair of wide leg trousers with a chic leather belt.

The pair looked at ease as they chatted with one another on a range of topics, including Denmark’s support for Ukraine following Russia’s invasion and Mary’s humanitarian efforts.

Following the visit, Olena took to Facebook to share news of the meeting. She wrote: ‘The Danish royal family has supported Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion.

‘During our visit to Denmark last year, the President of Ukraine and I had the honor of meeting Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II. And today I am glad to meet with Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark.

‘Like her entire family, the Queen of Denmark is active in social activities, in particular, she patronizes more than 30 organizations, including those that provide humanitarian aid, take care of health care, and protect women’s rights.

‘I am grateful to the royal family for the fact that Denmark is one of our biggest and most reliable partners in all endeavors.’

It comes after Olena similarly praised Britain’s royal family for their show of support towards Ukraine, and said it was a ‘great privilege’ to meet Queen Camilla at Clarence House on her two-day visit to the UK.

‘We really feel the support with the Royal Family and through them, also the support from the British Nation. I have to say thank you to the British people, we feel your support’, she said on Piers Morgan Uncensored.

Ms Zelenska also paid tribute to the leadership of the late Queen Elizabeth II, whom she said set an example and the ‘standard of support for Ukraine’.

The Australian-born Queen, 52, put on a friendly display as she greeted Ukraine’s First Lady with a warm hug 

The pair appeared in high spirits as they chatted to one another on a range of topics, including Mary’s humanitarian efforts 

She added: ‘We really feel the support with the Royal Family and through them, also the support from the British Nation. I have to say thank you to the British people, we feel your support.

‘It’s sincere, it’s warm, and it’s not just a declaration. It’s a feeling of sincere and powerful support, and it really inspires us. Every time I come back from London, I feel inspired. Just as if I had a holiday, as if I recharged my batteries, and so once again, thank you.’

During her trip to the UK, Ms Zelenska also met Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty, and the Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron.  

In her sole interview of the visit with Piers Morgan she admitted that the situation was ‘difficult’, adding that it was a ‘marathon, not a sprint’.

On the second anniversary of Putin’s invasion, King Charles, who was recently diagnosed with cancer, paid tribute to the ‘determination and strength’ of the Ukrainian people.

The 52-year-old monarch looked striking in an off-white cream suit paired with a ruffled cream blouse 

Meanwhile, Olena looked equally elegant in a white blouse with balloon sleeves, matched with a pair of chic wide leg trousers 

‘Despite the tremendous hardship and pain inflicted upon them, Ukrainians continue to show the heroism with which the world associates them so closely. Theirs is true valour, in the face of indescribable aggression’, he said in a message last week.

Ms Zelenska said she was ‘moved’ by the King’s address and during her 30-minute meeting with the Queen she ‘passed our greetings to His Majesty as well and our best wishes for his health from the President of Ukraine and from the Ukrainian nation’. 

But her greatest complements were reserved for the late Queen, without whom, she suggested, the public response would have been slower and less powerful.

She said: ‘I think that, in general, the standard for support of Ukraine was set by the leadership of Queen Elizabeth II. In every process of support, there needs to be a leader, a person who will set an example, and then, everyone who cares will follow this example.

‘And if there had not been such a leader, I guess, the response from the public would not have been as powerful or would have been slower. 

‘So, we are grateful. We remember those times very warmly and for us, she is a very important historic figure, I think for the whole world as well.’