Polly Vacher, 78, a former music teacher who became an amateur pilot aged 50 and has flown solo around the world twice in a single engine aircraft, and her husband Peter, 79, a retired printing firm boss, were a driving force behind the initiative.
Miss Vuiev said: ‘It's maybe difficult to understand from the outside - why do you want to go and stay there without any light or electricity and risk danger? A handful of other Ukrainian refugees in the village are considering similar trips.
Today, the couple heard harrowing stories with aid workers who have recently returned from the crisis zone in Turkey and described desperate scenes of rescuers trying to free trapped people with just hammers.
During today's engagement, the couple met with representatives from the centre who, through bucket collections and other donations after prayers, have raised over £25,000 for the Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal.
The Prince and Princess also joined two pupils from Waldegrave School; Dila Kaya, 14, Lina Alkutubi, 15, and their teacher Natasha Rustam to help make an origami crane, a symbol of hope and healing during challenging times.
'We will maintain a friendship as we co-parent our beautiful children. I am grateful for all the happy times we had together and want to thank my friends, family and fans for your love and support as we start this new chapter moving forward in our lives.'
Marc and Miss Vuiev, 41, wore traditional embroidered Ukrainian outfits as they posed for photographs ahead of Christmas Day with their hosts Kathy, 60, and Mike Howat, 64, both retired teachers, whose home is a former school building dating back to the 1850s.
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Kemi Badenoch's loyalty was also rewarded as she is named International Trade Secretary, while Kit Malthouse becomes Education Secretary. Ben Wallace remains Defence Secretary after backing her campaign and Brandon Lewis is made Justice Secretary, while Boris Johnson loyalist Jacob Rees Mogg is business secretary.
Their parents believe the education and experiences they are receiving in the UK will help them become part of a future generation of ‘specialists' who can help to rebuild Ukraine when the war finally ends.
Dominic Raab was among the first to reveal his fate as he tweeted that he had been evicted from his roles as justice secretary and Deputy PM - with Ms Truss's 'best friend' Therese Coffey confirmed as taking the latter title along with the health brief.
The drama continued outside of the Cabinet as veterans affairs minister Johnny Mercer's wife branded the new PM an 'imbecile' for axing him, before later admitting she was 'bitter' over the decision and said she needed '24 hours'.
They are among 50 refugees from their besieged country given succour in North Moreton, Oxfordshire - dubbed ‘Britain's kindest village' and with a population of just 350 - after its generous residents opened their arms and homes to them in April.
They will join other heavy hitters, including Rishi himself, Sajid Javid and Michael Gove, representing a formidable and influential group who could cause trouble for Ms Truss in the coming weeks and months.
But the resilient and thankful family has kept in touch - and recently told the Vachers how they overcame the lack of electricity and heat in their snowy homeland with a generator - ordered from Amazon in the UK and delivered to them with the help of other Ukrainians staying in the village.
As a Ukrainian flag flew and fairy lights twinkled outside, Mr Maiboroda, a talented furniture restorer exempt from war service because of his age, told how he has been busy repairing antiques for locals and carrying out work on the pavilion at Moreton Cricket Club - known as the MCC, like its more famous counterpart.
Just over the road, Oleksandr Maiboroda, 62, his wife Olena, 41, and sons Hryhorii, 17, and Andrii, 13, from Donetsk, have been given a comfortable home in a converted former stables at their host family's property.
And if anyone wondered what they think of Putin in North Moreton, then look no further than a dog waste bin in the middle of the village: it has been adorned with a label referring to the Russian president that says ‘Poo-tin'.
Miss Vuiev, who ran a marketing agency in Kyiv before the war and now combines two nights' bar work a week in the village pub, The Bear, with comms work, said: ‘We have so much support here from the villagers, they've been so welcoming, and it's nice to have other Ukrainians around us.
He and his mum spent a traditional Christmas Day with the Howats, their daughter Georgie, 27, and sons Will, 16, who is also an Abingdon pupil, Bob, 23, and John, 25, and the family's pet, Boris the bolognese dog.
Miss Vuiev said: ‘It's maybe difficult to understand from the outside - why do you want to go and stay there without any light or electricity and risk danger? A handful of other Ukrainian refugees in the village are considering similar trips.
Today, the couple heard harrowing stories with aid workers who have recently returned from the crisis zone in Turkey and described desperate scenes of rescuers trying to free trapped people with just hammers.
During today's engagement, the couple met with representatives from the centre who, through bucket collections and other donations after prayers, have raised over £25,000 for the Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal.
The Prince and Princess also joined two pupils from Waldegrave School; Dila Kaya, 14, Lina Alkutubi, 15, and their teacher Natasha Rustam to help make an origami crane, a symbol of hope and healing during challenging times.
'We will maintain a friendship as we co-parent our beautiful children. I am grateful for all the happy times we had together and want to thank my friends, family and fans for your love and support as we start this new chapter moving forward in our lives.'
Marc and Miss Vuiev, 41, wore traditional embroidered Ukrainian outfits as they posed for photographs ahead of Christmas Day with their hosts Kathy, 60, and Mike Howat, 64, both retired teachers, whose home is a former school building dating back to the 1850s.
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Kemi Badenoch's loyalty was also rewarded as she is named International Trade Secretary, while Kit Malthouse becomes Education Secretary. Ben Wallace remains Defence Secretary after backing her campaign and Brandon Lewis is made Justice Secretary, while Boris Johnson loyalist Jacob Rees Mogg is business secretary.
Their parents believe the education and experiences they are receiving in the UK will help them become part of a future generation of ‘specialists' who can help to rebuild Ukraine when the war finally ends.
Dominic Raab was among the first to reveal his fate as he tweeted that he had been evicted from his roles as justice secretary and Deputy PM - with Ms Truss's 'best friend' Therese Coffey confirmed as taking the latter title along with the health brief.
The drama continued outside of the Cabinet as veterans affairs minister Johnny Mercer's wife branded the new PM an 'imbecile' for axing him, before later admitting she was 'bitter' over the decision and said she needed '24 hours'.
They are among 50 refugees from their besieged country given succour in North Moreton, Oxfordshire - dubbed ‘Britain's kindest village' and with a population of just 350 - after its generous residents opened their arms and homes to them in April.
They will join other heavy hitters, including Rishi himself, Sajid Javid and Michael Gove, representing a formidable and influential group who could cause trouble for Ms Truss in the coming weeks and months.
But the resilient and thankful family has kept in touch - and recently told the Vachers how they overcame the lack of electricity and heat in their snowy homeland with a generator - ordered from Amazon in the UK and delivered to them with the help of other Ukrainians staying in the village.
As a Ukrainian flag flew and fairy lights twinkled outside, Mr Maiboroda, a talented furniture restorer exempt from war service because of his age, told how he has been busy repairing antiques for locals and carrying out work on the pavilion at Moreton Cricket Club - known as the MCC, like its more famous counterpart.
Just over the road, Oleksandr Maiboroda, 62, his wife Olena, 41, and sons Hryhorii, 17, and Andrii, 13, from Donetsk, have been given a comfortable home in a converted former stables at their host family's property.
And if anyone wondered what they think of Putin in North Moreton, then look no further than a dog waste bin in the middle of the village: it has been adorned with a label referring to the Russian president that says ‘Poo-tin'.
Miss Vuiev, who ran a marketing agency in Kyiv before the war and now combines two nights' bar work a week in the village pub, The Bear, with comms work, said: ‘We have so much support here from the villagers, they've been so welcoming, and it's nice to have other Ukrainians around us.
He and his mum spent a traditional Christmas Day with the Howats, their daughter Georgie, 27, and sons Will, 16, who is also an Abingdon pupil, Bob, 23, and John, 25, and the family's pet, Boris the bolognese dog.