PARIS, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte will present an album of photographs of the late Queen Elizabeth II’s visits to France at a reception given by King Charles III at Buckingham Palace on Sunday evening, reports said. we learned on Sunday in the entourage of the French president.
The presidential couple are among the many guests invited to the royal palace on the eve of the funeral of the British sovereign, who died on September 8 at the age of 96 after 70 years of reign.
Expected in London on Sunday afternoon, Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron will visit Buckingham Palace in the evening.
Elizabeth II, who spoke French, often came to France, where she met all the presidents of the 4th and 5th Republics. His last state visit dates back to 2014.
During a trip to Guret (Creuse) on Friday, Emmanuel Macron said he had invited King Charles to come to France “when it is appropriate for him”.
Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron will attend the funeral of Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey on Monday, alongside a hundred heads of state and government from five continents.
“It will be a moment of contemplation and emotion alongside the British people,” the French president told the press Guret. (Report Elizabeth Pineau)