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MAINTENANCE. The specialist in the British monarchy describes the special ties that the queen, a knowledgeable Francophile, had forged with our country, and our presidents.
Admiration and respect.
Elizabeth II and the President of the Republic René Coty, April 10, 1957. The sovereign loved France, and she proved it by making her first state visit to Paris. The City of Light celebrates him and deploys all its splendor. The four-day stay will end with a gala evening given at the Louvre.
Interview by Brigitte Hernández
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Point : Where does Windsor Francophilia come from?
Isabelle Rivere: Queen Mum, the mother of Elizabeth II, was already an ardent Francophile, who had learned our language very young. Research carried out in the archives of her family revealed dictations and essays written in impeccable French when she was ten years old! It was she who insisted that her two daughters learn it in turn: she wanted to share with them her love for France, its traditions, its culture. It worked very well with Elizabeth, a little less well with her youngest, Margaret.
What was the Queen’s first trip to France?
The pretext was the inauguration of the exhibition “Eight centuries of British life”, at the Palais Galliera, in Paris, in 1948. This first…
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