The King of England Charles III was welcomed on the Champs-Elysées by the French President Emmanuel Macorn, then the two remained in absolute contemplation in front of the tomb with the flame of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe. A tribute from both to the millions who died in the First World War. God Save the King and the Marseillaise, the anthems of the two countries, were sung, then the Patrouille de France and the Red Arrows, the aerobatic team of the Royal Air Force, whizzed across the sky.
“Your Majesty, welcome”, welcome Your Majesty: this is the message published on X (Twitter) by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, on the occasion of the state visit to France of the King of England Charles III accompanied by his wife Camilla. The British crown plane, an Airbus A321 decorated in the colors of the Union Jack, landed around 2pm at Orly airport in the south of Paris. Carlo and Camilla then arrived at the Arc de Triomphe to participate in a ceremony with Macron and his wife Brigitte in front of the flame of the Unknown Soldier, followed by the descent along the Avenue des Champs Elysées aboard a Citroen DS7 convertible, while the white, red and blue jets of the Patrouille de France and the Red Arrows, the aerobatic team of the Royal Air Force, whizzed across the sky of the French capital. The presidential Citroen will be escorted by 136 horses of the Republican Guard to the Elysée Palace, where the French president and the king of England will have a bilateral meeting. In the evening, the long-awaited gala dinner in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles. Among the guests, the Rolling Stones singer, Mike Jagger, the actors Hugh Grant, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Emma Mackey, the writer Ken Follett and the former football manager, Arsène Wenger. Menu: blue lobster, Bresse chicken and pink macarons, prepared by starred chefs, all served in precious Sèvres porcelain, symbol of the French art de vivre.
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2023-09-20 17:09:00
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