Charles and Camilla
Welcomed to Bordeaux with cheers
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Charles and Camilla were received with cheers in Bordeaux on Friday. This is what they experience on the last day of the trip to France.
On the third and final day of the trip to France, a topic is on the agenda that is very important to King Charles III, 74, personally: the environment. After two days in Paris, the British monarch and his wife, Queen Camilla, 74, traveled to Bordeaux. The royals were greeted by hundreds of waiting and cheering people in the southern French city on Friday. According to media reports, they enthusiastically welcomed Charles and Camilla with shouts of “Vive le Roi” – French for “Long live the king”.
This is what Charles and Camilla experience in Bordeaux
After they arrived, Charles and Camilla helped according to ABC News Planting a loquat oak in the garden of the Bordeaux town hall, which is known for its ability to adapt very well to changeable climates. Also on the agenda for the final day in France was a meeting with rescue workers who responded to the region’s wildfires last year and a visit to a forest where the effects of climate on urban forests are being studied.
Other program items in Bordeaux included a reception on a Royal Navy frigate and a meeting with Brits who operate businesses in the region. The area around Bordeaux was owned by the English in the Middle Ages and is still home to a large British community today.
At the end of the trip to France, Charles and Camilla visit a well-known winery in the region known for its sustainable approaches to wine production.
Three eventful days
The British royals have been on a three-day state visit to France since September 20th. The trip was originally scheduled to take place in March, but was postponed due to political unrest in France. On the first day, the royal couple laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier together with French President Emmanuel Macron, 45, and his wife Brigitte, 70. Macron and King Charles then drove in a convoy along the Champs Élysées, which was decorated with flags, before heading to the state banquet.
On the second day, Charles III held. a speech in the French Senate. The monarch used the historic moment in front of the assembled upper house of the French Parliament to swear an oath of loyalty.