Visit of Charles III to Paris: after the Champs-Élysées, direction Versailles in the evening

2023-09-20T15:24:29.713Z

Highlights: The British sovereign stayed three days in France, between Paris and the Bordeaux region. He met Emmanuel Macron for a short ceremony before descending the Champs-Élysées. A very solemn ceremony took place this Wednesday in front of the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, regulated to detail and to the minute. The Flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was revived, before the bell rings for the dead and a minute of silence dedicated to the French and British soldiers who fell at the front.

King Charles III is in France. The British sovereign stayed three days in France, between Paris and the Bordeaux region. His plane landed in the early afternoon on Wednesday, September 20...

Visit of Charles III to Paris: after the Champs-Élysées, direction Versailles in the evening

King Charles III is in France. The British sovereign stayed three days in France, between Paris and the Bordeaux region. His plane landed in the early afternoon on Wednesday, September 20 at Orly airport, then went with Queen Camilla under the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, where he met Emmanuel Macron for a short ceremony before descending the Champs-Élysées.

Charles III and Emmanuel Macron at the foot of the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris, this Wednesday, September 20, 2023. AFP - YOAN VALAT

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With the official delegations in Paris, Daniel Vallot

A very solemn ceremony took place this Wednesday in front of the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, regulated to detail and to the minute, with first the anthems of the two countries, God Save the King, followed by La Marseillaise.

The troops were reviewed and, finally, the Flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was revived, before the bell rings for the dead and a minute of silence dedicated to the French and British soldiers who fell at the front.

King Charles III and French President Emmanuel Macron attended the ceremony side by side before joining their wives, pink-clad Queen Camilla and First Lady Brigitte Macron.

Martial ceremony, a reminder that the relationship between France and the United Kingdom was marked by a common military history still recent, that of the First and Second World Wars.

Then the British sovereign and the French president met for a meeting at the Élysée. Charles III was then to go right next to the palace, to the British embassy.

Then? The State Dinner in Versailles is undoubtedly the other highlight of this first day: 150 distinguished guests and the prestige of the Hall of Mirrors to mark the importance given to the relationship.

See alsoVisit of Charles III: a summit meeting for France and the United Kingdom

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Visit of Charles III to Paris: after the Champs-Élysées, direction Versailles in the evening

Visit of Charles III to Paris: after the Champs-Élysées, direction Versailles in the evening

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