This is a historic visit, described by The
Times
as "an attempt to build bridges with Britain's post-Brexit European neighbours".
We learned a little earlier this week: Charles III chose France for his first state visit abroad.
This will take place from March 26 to 29.
After which, the king will fly to Germany for a few days, until March 31.
And as always, this trip will follow a well-oiled program, even to the millimeter (the fault of royal protocol), as Buckingham Palace has already revealed this Friday, March 3.
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Monday March 27: Paris and Versailles
According to initial information, Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla will arrive on Sunday evening, March 26.
Where will they stay?
For now, no one knows.
On Monday morning, they will meet French President Emmanuel Macron for a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe where they will lay a wreath in front of the Flame of the Unknown Soldier.
After a moment of contemplation, they will descend the Champs-Élysées to the Élysée Palace in a procession with the Republican Guard.
After an interview, the King will proceed to the Senate where he will be the first British sovereign to address the Upper House of Parliament.
In 2004, Elizabeth II went to the Senate but spoke in the Conference Room of the Luxembourg Palace.
Meanwhile, Camilla Parker Bowles and Brigitte Macron will inaugurate the Manet/Degas exhibition which opens to the public the next day at the Musée d'Orsay.
The king and his wife will then visit 19M, a structure launched by Chanel in the north-east of Paris to bring together its crafts houses.
Before going to the Centquatre cultural center in the presence of the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo.
Charles III will then go to the British Embassy, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré (8th arrondissement), to meet entrepreneurs active in the ecological transition.
Finally, the day will end with a banquet at the Palace of Versailles.
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Tuesday 28: a trip to Bordeaux
After this obligatory stop in Paris, the royal couple will make a stopover in Gironde and will travel by train to Bordeaux, a French city which, according to Buckingham Palace, has the largest concentration of Britons.
Charles and Camilla will travel by tram to Place de la Bourse, where the famous water mirror is located on the banks of the Garonne.
They will walk to the Hôtel de Ville for a reception with the mayor Pierre Hurmic, with a stop to taste cannelés, the famous small cakes from Bordeaux.
Before inaugurating the new British Consulate.
The queen consort will then visit a center for helping families in financial difficulty and the homeless, while the king will visit Landiras, a locality badly affected by the fires last summer.
Speaking this Saturday on BFMTV, Jean-Marc Pelletant, mayor of the town, explains that the king will come "to see the ecological impact on the ground".
The father of Princes William and Harry will notably meet rescue workers as well as participants in forest restoration projects promoting biodiversity.
The opportunity to reaffirm his ecological commitment, he who has always been very concerned about the preservation of the environment.
Later in the day, he will meet his wife to go to a sustainable vineyard: Château Smith Haut Lafitte, owned by the Cathiards in Pessac-Léognan, which produces its solar energy, captures its carbon emissions and manufactures beauty products with winemaking waste.
Wednesday 29:
goodbye
Paris,
hello
Berlin
Returning by train to Paris on Tuesday evening, Charles and Camilla will meet the public on Wednesday morning at the Elizabeth II flower market on the Ile de la Cité in central Paris.
It was renamed in the presence of the late sovereign during her last visit in 2014.
The royal couple will then fly to Berlin.
In the German capital, they will be welcomed by a ceremony at the Brandenburg Gate, before a banquet at Bellevue Palace, the official residence of President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
They will address the Bundestag on Thursday before a visit to Hamburg on Friday to discuss green energy, among other things.
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