It is six months after the trip had to be rescheduled because of widespread rioting across the country.
It is six months since King Charles and Queen Camilla were meant to visit France for a state visit It is six months after the trip had to be rescheduled because of
They landed at Paris’s Orly Airport this afternoon, and were greeted by French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and other diplomats.issued a warm welcome on social media: ‘You visited as a Prince, you return as a King. Your Majesty, welcome.’ Charles and Camilla met with Mr Macron, 45, and his wife Brigitte, 70, for a ceremony of remembrance and wreath laying at the Arc de Triomphe.Charles was also invited to symbolically light the monument’s eternal flame, which burns in memory of those who died in the First and Second World Wars.
They all then headed down the Champs-Elysees to the Elysee Palace, the president’s official residence, where Charles and Mr Macron sat down for talks.Former Chelsea and Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba and his partner Gabrielle Lemaire To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser thatCharles and Camilla arrived at Paris’s Orly Airport The King also gave Mr Macron a complete edition of Voltaire’s writings when he visited the Elysee Palace.
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