The English King Charles III. was greeted on the Champs-Élysées by French President Emmanuel Macorn, after which the two remained in complete 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 both countries, were sung, then the Patrouille de France and the Red Arrows, the Royal Air Force’s aerobatic team, zoomed across the sky.
“Your Majesty, welcome” is the message published on X (Twitter) by French President Emmanuel Macron on the occasion of the state visit of the English King Charles III. in France accompanied by his wife Camilla. The British crown plane, an Airbus A321 in the colors of the Union Jack, landed at Orly Airport in the south of Paris at around 2 p.m. Carlo and Camilla then arrived at the Arc de Triomphe to take part in a ceremony with Macron and his wife Brigitte in front of the flame of the Unknown Soldier, followed by departure along the Avenue des Champs Elysées aboard a Citroen DS7 convertible, during the white , red and blue jets from the Patrouille de France and the Red Arrows, the Royal Air Force’s aerobatic team, zoomed across the skies 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 at the Palace of Versailles. Guests included Rolling Stones singer Mike Jagger, actors Hugh Grant, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Emma Mackey, writer Ken Follett and former football manager Arsène Wenger. Menu: Blue lobster, Bresse chicken and pink macarons, prepared by star chefs, served in precious Sèvres porcelain, symbol of the French art of living.
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