King Charles III of Great Britain arrived in Berlin with his wife Queen Consort Camilla for the first foreign visit after ascending the throne. Reuters.
After arriving in Berlin, Charles III and his wife went to the Brandenburg Gate, where they were met by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Büdenbender. The orchestra of the armed forces of Germany performed the anthems of the two states, after which the participants of the ceremony walked along the line of the guard of honor.
“Today, exactly six years after the UK began leaving the European Union, we open a new chapter in the relations between our states,” Mr. Steinmeier said following the ceremony at the Brandenburg Gate.
After the ceremony, Charles III and Camilla went to a banquet at the residence of the President of Germany in the Bellevue Palace. The event was attended, in particular, by former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley. Sky News.
During a three-day visit to Germany, Charles III, in addition to Berlin, plans to visit the cities of Hamburg and Brandenburg. Initially, the British monarch was supposed to make his first state visit to Paris, but it was postponed due to protests against pension reform in France.
