Emmanuel Macron went to London on Thursday, where he commemorated, with Prince Charles, the 80 years of General de Gaulle's June 18 appeal. The French president handed over the Legion of Honor to the city of London, before visiting British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

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At 4 Carlton Gardens, in London, now stands a statue of General de Gaulle. After a first ceremony at Mont-Valérien, a central place in the history and memory of the Resistance, French President Emmanuel Macron visited the British capital on Thursday, where he commemorated, with Prince Charles, the 80 years of General de Gaulle's June 18 appeal. One after the other, they each laid a wreath of flowers at the feet of the statue, before delivering a discreet speech.

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The Legion of Honor awarded to the City of London

"So England decided to host France," said Emmanuel Macron, retracing General London's journey. "On June 18, 1940, the United Kingdom handed free France, its first weapon, a BBC microphone".

Eighty years later, in thanks, France awarded the Legion of Honor to the city of London. A distinction received by Prince Charles, who expressed himself in English, but also in French. "It is with immense pride and pleasure that I accept to receive the Legion of Honor on behalf of the City of London for Freedom alongside France".

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Emmanuel Macron's visit ended with a visit to Boris Johnson at 10 Downing Street. The British Prime Minister then offered him a miniature reproduction of the Land Rover of Winston Churchill, a leader whose friendship with Charles de Gaulle was somewhat stormy, like the Franco-British friendship, celebrated on the occasion of this historic anniversary.