He indicates that he will be present at the funeral of Elizabeth II on Monday.
In a tweet, Emmanuel Macron announces that he has telephoned King Charles III and offered him his condolences.
"On the phone with His Majesty King Charles III, I presented to him France's condolences for the death of his mother, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II," wrote the French president.
He announces he will be in London on Monday for the late Queen's funeral, as tens of thousands of Britons are determined to pay their respects at the coffin of their beloved Queen Elizabeth II in London on Thursday, ahead of a grand funeral on Monday .
On the telephone with His Majesty King Charles III, I offered him France's condolences for the death of his mother, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Monday, I will be in London to attend the funeral.
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) September 14, 2022
Last Friday, Emmanuel Macron wished to address the British people directly in English.
“It is with great sadness that the French people learned of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, he explained, highlighting his “wisdom” as well as his “empathy”, so precious to trace a path among “the vagaries of history over the past 70 years”.
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His death, continued the President of the Republic, “leaves us a feeling of emptiness”.
For him, Elizabeth II demonstrated from the start of her reign her "strength" and her "courage".
That of “a life marked by war” but also the courage to defend the values of “freedom and tenacity”.
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Macron then went to the British Embassy in Paris to sign the condolence book there.
"Your queen was a figure, a presence that accompanied 70 years of British and European life," he said.
"Here in Paris, which she loved so much, as everywhere in France, the grief of our compatriots is immense," he wrote in the condolence book.
“For seventy years, Elizabeth II was a Queen of courage and valour, a friend of France.
We are on your side,” he added, alongside Ambassador Menna Rawlings.
