It's official: the King of England Charles III and his wife Camilla Parker Bowles will honor the presidential invitations of the Franco-German couple.
They will thus travel to France from March 26 to March 29, before going to Germany for two days.
Journeys that will also take them to Bordeaux on March 28.
“
The King and the British were very touched by the reaction of France and the French to
the death of Queen Elizabeth II
, as well as by the words of the President at this very sad moment for our country.
», Specifies a spokesperson for the British Embassy in France to justify the choice of this first state trip.
On the day of the death of his late Majesty on September 8, 2022, Emmanuel Macron had indeed declared: “For you, it was your queen.
For us, she was the queen
.
“Very attached to our country, Queen Elizabeth II, who spoke the language fluently, was “
always welcomed with great affection
”.
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State Banquet at Versailles
Desiring to prove “
his desire to work closely with France in the face of global challenges
”, Charles III intends by this royal visit “
to celebrate our values, our stories and our shared interests
".
He will set foot in Paris on the evening of March 26, accompanied by his wife and a delegation.
A welcome ceremony will be organized the next day at the Élysée, followed by a commemoration and a wreath laying under the Arc de Triomphe.
His Majesty will then be welcomed at the Luxembourg Palace where he will address senators and deputies, while Queen Consort Camilla Parker Bowles and Brigitte Macron will inaugurate the new exhibition of Manet and Degas at the Musée d'Orsay.
A day completed by a State banquet, which will be given at the Palace of Versailles in honor of the sovereigns.
“
Opportunities to look to the future and show the many ways our countries work together, sharing the best of our art and our culture
,” adds the
Charles III and Queen Camilla meet the people of Bordeaux
On March 28, the royal couple will stop in Bordeaux accompanied by a French minister and his official delegation.
While they will not do so in Paris, King Charles III and Queen Camilla will take the opportunity to stroll through the city to meet the locals and especially “
the large number of British nationals
” settled in Sleeping Beauty.
This trip to Gironde lands will also be an opportunity for the monarch "
to observe the damage caused by the fires this summer
» and to meet the actors who stemmed them.
A strong choice, reflecting the long tradition of ecological commitment of the man who will be crowned in Westminster Abbey on May 8.
The Head of State of the United Kingdom will then visit the first Bordeaux vineyard to be involved in organic production.
He will then return to Paris, where a farewell ceremony will be organized with all the respect due to a foreign sovereign.
Already king by grace and by his function, the appropriate protocol has already been applied since the death of his mother and therefore before his coronation.
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