Downing Street said the postponement of the state visit of King Charles III and Camilla to France was decided after a request to do so from French President Emmanuel Macron, due to the protest against the pension reform. The royal couple said they were eager to reschedule their visit ‘as soon as dates can be found’
The postponement of the state visit of King Charles III and Camilla to France was decided after a request to this effect from French President Emmanuel Macron, Downing Street said on Friday. “The decision was taken with the agreement of all parties, after the President of France asked the British government to postpone the visit,” said a spokesman for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, following the announcement. announcement by the Élysée of this postponement due to the protest movement in France against the pension reform.
The visit of the royal couple to Germany maintained
After their state visit to France was postponed, King Charles III and his wife Camilla said they were eager to reschedule their visit “as soon as dates can be found”, Buckingham Palace reported on Friday. “Their Majesties look forward to the opportunity to travel to France as soon as dates can be found,” the palace said in a statement.
The royal couple were to travel to France from Sunday to Wednesday for their first state visit, before continuing their trip to Germany. The visit of the royal couple to Germany is however maintained, according to London.
In France, Charles was first to be received in Paris by Emmanuel Macron, to speak in front of senators and deputies and to participate in a state dinner in Versailles. Then the king and his wife were to go to Gironde, in particular to visit a vineyard and go to the scene of the violent fires which ravaged the region last year.
