Europe 1 with AFP 12:27 p.m., March 24, 2023

Downing Street said on Friday that the postponement of the state visit of King Charles III and Camilla in France was decided after a request to do so by French President Emmanuel Macron. This postponement is due to the protest against the pension reform.

The postponement of the state visit of King Charles III and Camilla in France was decided after a request to this effect from French President Emmanuel Macron, Downing Street said Friday. "The decision was taken with the agreement of all parties, after the President of the France asked the British government to postpone the visit," said a spokesman for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, following the announcement by the Elysee Palace of this postponement because of the movement of protests in France against the pension reform.

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