He King Carlos III and Queen Camilla, his wife, have chosen France as their first state visit, when the country is in a situation of rebellion due to protests. Sunday and the French government will arrive cares about safety in your travels and above all, your TGV train journey in Bordeaux, another city in turmoil.
The king will have to avoid the streets where rubbish is piled up and will sleep in the British embassy, next to the Elysee palace. The king will be accompanied by his own 40 employees and administrative staff. He will be accompanied by a group of British law enforcement, but it has not yet been decided whether or not they will carry weapons.
The visit will feature a state dinner for King and Queen Camilla at the Palace of Versailles. Just when France is preparing to opt for a general strike to force the government to negotiate, to hold a referendum or to withdraw the pension project that raises the retirement age to 64 years.
Post-Brexit bridges
Before social chaos came to France, the landing of a new British king was seen as a diplomatic coup for President Emmanuel Macron, who has sought to restore Franco-British relations after a series of disputes with Boris Johnson and Brexit.
The reports had arrived its lowest point. Following their visit to France, the royal couple will continue their tour of Germany, the origins of their late father Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
“King Charles III will be making his first state visits as monarch of the United Kingdom when he travels to France and Germany at the end of this month,” Buckingham Palace announced on March 3.
The choice of the two European nations and close allies is seen as an attempt to do so building post-Brexit bridges and an acknowledgment of the affection the late Queen Elizabeth II had for France.
The visits will take place from 26 to 31 March, before the coronation of the king on 6 May. The tour “will celebrate Britain’s relationship with France and Germany, marking our shared histories, culture and values,” the palace said.
Versailles, Senate and museums
Carlos and Camilla will be in France from 26 to 29 March. They will join President Emmanuel Macron for a deposition and commemoration ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
The King will address the French Senate, while Camilla and French First Lady Brigitte Macron will officially inaugurate the new exhibition of Manet and Degas at the Musée d’Orsay.
In Bordeaux
Then, the royal couple will be guests of honor at a state banquet, hosted by the Macrons, at the Palace of Versailles. They will also visit Bordeaux in southwestern France.
Carlos “will witness firsthand the devastation caused by last summer’s fires” on the outskirts of Bordeaux and will visit an organic vineyard,” the palace said.
The visit will come shortly after a first trip by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to France on March 10 for a bilateral summit.
The trip will mark the King’s 35th official visit to France and his 29th official visit to Germany. Her mother, Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by her husband, Prince Philip, made their last state visits to France and Germany in 2014 and 2015 respectively.
Carlo speaks French fluently and Queen Camilla studied it in Switzerland, when she was sent to a school for young ladies, to be trained as a debutante in Great Britain.
Elizabeth made five state visits to France during her reign, as well as numerous private visits. Her first visit to France was in 1948 as 22-year-old Princess Elizabeth.
In 1957, when she returned to France as queen, thousands took to the streets to cheer her as she walked the streets of the capital. “Look at our Parisians, how much they love you,” President René Coty told her.
mend the relationship
In his last state visit to France in 2014he joined 1,800 WWII veterans and 18 heads of state and government, including US and Russian presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings.
A Macron aide previously said the visit would illustrate his country’s “old attachment to ours, beyond Brexit”. It would also be a sign of “family continuity, because Elizabeth II was Francophile and Francophone,” he said she.
Macron himself paid tribute to the Queen following her death in September 2022. In a message to the British people, he recalled a “great head of state” and a “unique example of devotion to his people, and a very close ally”.
“France and the UK shared not only a ‘cordial harmony’but a warm, sincere and loyal collaboration,” he added.
after Berlin
“Carlos will travel to Berlin on March 29 and undertake engagements there and in Brandenburg before heading to Hamburg,” the palace added.
The royal couple will receive a welcoming ceremony by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the Brandenburg Gate.
“The fact that King Charles has chosen Germany and France as his first destinations before his coronation it is also an important European gestureGerman President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a video message.
Steinmeier said he and German First Lady Elke Buedenbender would receive Charles and Queen Camilla in Berlin. with military honors before inviting them to a state banquet at his downtown Bellevue Palace.
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Source: Clarin
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