Czech presidential couple attending coronation of King Charles II

Czech President Petr Pavel and his wife Eva are in London attending the coronation of King Charles III. On Friday evening they attended a reception at Buckingham Palace for over 1,000 foreign dignitaries.  The Czech president said he had had the opportunity to exchange a few words with King Charles and Queen Camilla and had invited them to visit the Czech Republic. President Pavel said it had been a pleasure to meet so many representatives of European monarchies and state officials adding that he had chatted briefly with Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska and Belgium's King Philippe at the reception.