Pompes, pageantry and polytessi greeting macron in the performance of British Royals’ soft power
The French tricolor and the Union Flag of the UK hangs from standards near Windsar Castle. The vehicles are prime, polish tiyras.
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigit, arrived at Britain at the beginning of a state trip on Tuesday as the two countries highlight their long friendship with military pomp, Golden Carriage and specific performances of royal toast.
Backdrop Windsor Castle for Day One is a royal fort for more than 900 years which remains a working palace today.
Prince William and Wales princess greeted Macron in RAF Northolt outside London.
King Charles III later formally welcomed the couple at Windsor Castle, where they boarded a horse -drawn car and reviewed a military guards of honor. The first day ended with a state banquet in the palace.
Charles and Queen Camilla visited France in September 2023, exposing historical relations between Britain and its nearest European neighbor.

The royal journey came from the European Union to the exit of Britain and the increasing number of migrants who crossed the English channel on small boats, sometimes after years of prickly ties.
The arrival of President Macron in the UK symbolizes the first state trip by a French state of a French state since the visit of President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008.
Namita Singh9 July 2025 07:13
Watch: Macron makes Brexit joke in Parliament address during the UK visit

Macron makes Brexit joke in Parliament address during the UK visit
Emmanuel Macron, after being announced on Tuesday (July 8), made fun of the Bayx Tapestry loan compared to Brexit that the 1000 -year -old wall hanging would return to Britain. Talking to Parliament on the first day of his state visit in Britain, the French President confirmed that the Tapestry, which reflects the Norman Vijay of 1066, would be given a loan in the British Museum for one year. He said, “It took more years to distribute the project compared to all Brexit talks”, he said: “However, at the end of the day, we did so.” Tapestry, one of the most famous pieces of medieval art in the world, will be displayed in the Sainsbury exhibition gallery from September 2026 to July 2027.
Tara Cobham9 July 2025 07:00
Five women behind Brigit Macron’s defective French chic
Why is it just that we never look at French First Lady, Brigit Macron, a fashion impure pace?
How is it that this 72 -year -old grandmother, for example, can pull a swimming dress for black leather trousers, actually quite low clothes, or a cover shoot?
Macron’s three -day state trip offers another reception opportunity to investigate the impeccable wardrobe of MADAM Macron this week. Those impossible tones, with bright bronze legs, win power blow-dry and endless dress. He always seems to imitrse the defective French chic.
Tara Cobham9 July 2025 06:00
Watch: Macron’s car gets away from Windsor Castle because the goods fly from the open boot
Tara Cobham9 July 2025 05:00
Editorial: A small boat deal with France will be a game-changer for starrer
The British government hopes on previous occasions, especially when the sage Sunak, the anterior to Sir Kir, visited Paris two years ago. Every time a deal looks close, but each time Mr. Macron has gone away.
The outline of the potential deal is known, and both sides are not denied. The idea is that France will be Allow Britain to return to migrants Those who cross the channel by small boat, and that Britain will take the same number of people whose Application for shelter in UK Accepted at processing centers in France.
Tara Cobham9 July 2025 04:00
In pictures: High profile guest list for state banquet



Tara Cobham9 July 2025 03:00
King was sitting next to Macron which was next to Kate
The king was seated between Emmanuel Macron and French Culture Minister Rachida Dati, while Kate – was attending his first kingdom in almost two years – the French President was on the other side of the President and art historian was the president of the Mussi D’Oore next to the Christofe Lerbolt.
The queen was on the other side of the Rani Mej between Brigit Macron and French Armed Forces Minister Sebastian Lecornu.
On the other side of the First Lady Briguits, the throne was the successor of William.
Sir Mick Jagger, whose formal White Place Card had read “Sir Michael Jagger”, was seated between Dame Christin Scott Thomas and Ellis Roofo, who was Director General of the French Ministry strategy for international relations and the Director General of the French Ministry for the armed forces.
Sir Elton John, who has serious vision issues after the contract of eye infection, was seated next to her husband, rather than that is usually custom for couples in Royal Banquets.
Sir Elton had a Duchess of Gluster on the other side, while Sir Kire was next to the stormer footballer Mary Years.
In addition to making an appearance, the first dates Fred Siriics, as well as French singer Mika, who were sitting next to the Duchess of Edinburgh.

Tara Cobham9 July 2025 02:00
Charles asks France and Britain to lead ‘Rasta’ in front of ‘complex dangers’
In his speech, Charles described the closest continental neighbor of the UK as “one of our strongest colleagues” and said “complex threats” in front of France and Britain, “should help lead the way”.
The king told the guests, who included the Queen, Rajkumar and Princess’s Wales, Prime Minister and senior members of the cabinet: “Mahashay Le Chairman, the summit that you and the Prime Minister will hold this week will deepen our alliance in London this week and make our partnership even wider.
“Our armed forces will cooperate even more closely worldwide, including supporting Ukraine, as we lead the coalition of freedom in defense and oppression in defense of freedom, in other words, in protecting our shared values.”
He said: “Our security services and police will still move forward to protect us against terrorism, organized crime, cyber attacks and definitely intensive challenges of irregular migration in the English channel.
“And our businesses will innovate together by creating growth, trade and investment worldwide.”
Tara Cobham9 July 2025 01:00
The king’s speech was also sprayed with light moments
There were mild moments during the king’s speech, the popular French cartoon character with Charles jokes about Estex with Gaul’s love with tea with gaul’s unpredictable, and how the guests of dinner were “intoxicated by the guests of dinner” the English Sparkling Wine “made by a French Champagne house.
And he described the “correct combinations” of French and British – London Fog and Therie Henry’s Monet’s painting, a former French striker with the London Football Club Arsenal, scoring in Hibury.
The French President also took a nap on Raja when Charles mentioned cultural relations between the UK and France and how a French, William the winner, began building a Windsor Castle over 900 years ago and his son William made Windsar his home.

Tara Cobham9 July 2025 00:00
Macron gives speech in which he speaks of bayeux tapestry loan
Emmanuel Macron has mostly given a speech in French, but in English he spoke about the debt of France’s Bayx Tapestry which will go on a performance at the British Museum next year.
Speaking at the State Banquet at Windsor Castle, he said: “For the first time in 900 years, Bayx Tapestry will follow the same path as the stories of the warriors and land on the British earth.
“Either they were never made or they were lost – those last scenes of the tapestry are missing.
“I see that (A) as a more powerful symbol in the great mural of Franco-British history, the end is yet to be written.”

Tara Cobham8 July 2025 23:34