Charles and Queen Camilla were guests of honour at a black tie dinner hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris.
The King has spoken movingly about his mother’s ties to France as he told of the “firm friendship” between the nations at a state banquet in Paris.
The King told the president: “Your generosity of spirit brings to mind how my family and I were so greatly moved by the tributes paid in France to my mother, the late Queen, whose funeral took place one year ago yesterday. “I suspect it may have left an indelible impression on me, even six months before I was born – La Vie En Rose is one of my favourite songs to this day.”The King also said relations between the UK and France have not always been “straightforward”, but went on to stress the unity between the nations.He went on: “Mr President, in all of this we can rely on our firm friendship, which is renewed and reinvigorated with each new generation.
Earlier Charles gave Mr Macron a book containing photographs of the pair together, as well as a complete edition of French philosopher Voltaire’s writings, when he visited the Elysee Palace, the president’s official residence. The couple had landed at Paris Orly airport, where they were greeted with a guard of honour from the Republican Guard, which is part of the French National Gendarmerie.
Charles symbolically lit the monument’s eternal flame, which burns in memory of those who died in the First and Second World Wars.The French and British national anthems were played and there was a flypast by the Patrouille de France and Red Arrows before the couples travelled down the Champs Elysees by car.
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