48 m. ago Macron state visit live: Charles calls on Britain and France to ‘lead the way’ in face of ‘complex threats’

First day of Macron’s state visit demonstrates entente cordiale still remains strong between UK and France

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1 hour ago Macron state visit live: French president, Kate and William attend star

First day of Macron’s state visit demonstrates entente cordiale still remains strong between UK and France

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4 h. ago State banquet – including special cocktail – in spirit of Entente Cordiale

The King and Queen are hosting French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte at Windsor Castle.

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7 h. ago King and French president Macron display entente cordiale as state visit begins

State visits capitalise on the royals’ soft power to strengthen diplomatic ties with allies.

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7 h. ago Macron state visit live: French president addresses parliament after royal welcome from King and Queen

Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron greeted by Prince and Princess of Wales at RAF Northolt

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7 h. ago Macron state visit live: French president set to address parliament after royal welcome from King and Queen

Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron greeted by Prince and Princess of Wales at RAF Northolt

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7 h. ago Emmanuel Macron to address parliament following meeting with king – UK politics live

The French president has spent time with King Charles and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the first day of his state visit to the UKFrench police slashing the boats of people smugglers is not “pleasant” but the right tactic, Heidi Alexander, the transport secretary, has said. Jessica Elgot and Peter Walker have the story.Boris Johnson, the former Tory PM, has issued this tribute to Norman Tebbit.Norman Tebbit was a hero of modern Conservatism. In the early 1980s he liberated the British workforce from the socialist tyranny of the closed shop. He tamed the union bosses, and in so doing he helped pave the way for this country’s revival in the 1980s and 1990s.At a time when the Labour government is now disastrously reversing those crucial reforms we need to remember what he did and why. In his single most famous phrase he once said that in the 1930s his unemployed father had got on his bike and looked for work. That wasn’t a heartless thing to say - as the Labour Party claimed. It...

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8 h. ago Emmanuel Macron brutally ignored by wife yet again during chat with King Charles

As the King and Queen Camilla escorted the French president and his wife Brigitte into Windsor Castle, Emmanuel Macron was once again snubbed by his wife as he attempted to hold her hand for the second time today

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10 h. ago Macron state visit live: King and Queen welcome French president and wife Brigitte with Windsor parade

Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron were greeted by the Prince and Princess of Wales at RAF Northolt

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11 h. ago Macron state visit live: French president vows to tackle migration with UK as he meets King and Queen

Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron were greeted by the Prince and Princess of Wales at RAF Northolt

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12 h. ago Watch live: Macron’s state visit to UK begins with royal welcome

Watch live as Emmanuel Macron begins a state visit to the UK on Tuesday, 8 July, with the French president set to meet Sir Keir Starmer and King Charles III as part of his three-day trip.

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13 h. ago Macron state visit live: King to warn French president of ‘complex threats’ facing UK and France

Macron and Sir Keir to hold a Franco-British summit during state visit

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29 h. ago The Guardian view on Macron’s state visit: a renewed entente cordiale is good for France, Britain and Europe | Editorial

After being sabotaged in the Brexit years, one of the UK’s most important bilateral relationships is back on a firm footingIn the years after the Brexit referendum, the deterioration of Anglo-French relations became one measure of the sorry disconnect between a radicalised, reckless Conservative party and any sane notion of the national interest. In 2021, a bellicose Boris Johnson sent Royal Navy frigates to patrol off the coast of Jersey in response to a dispute with Paris over fishing rights. The following year, notoriously, Liz Truss declined to say whether she considered the French president, Emmanuel Macron, to be a friend or foe to Britain. For five years, no Franco-British bilateral summits took place at all.That, thankfully, was then. France and Britain are close neighbours, nuclear powers and members of the United Nations security council. At a time of acute geopolitical instability, fuelled in part by the return of Donald Trump to the White House, it is overwhelm...

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4 d. ago Princess and Princess of Wales to join King and Queen for Emmanuel Macron's state visit carriage ride

The King will reunite French president Emmanuel Macron with a horse he gifted to Elizabeth II during next week’s state visit

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