Charles and Queen Camilla will be greeted by France Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne at Paris-Orly airport, before heading to the city centre for a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in the presence of Macron and his wife, Brigitte.
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Charles and Queen Camilla will be greeted by Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne at Paris-Orly airport, before heading to the city centre for a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in the presence of Macron and his wife, Brigitte.
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At the Arc de Triomphe, both nations바카라 hymns will be played before a review of French troops and a wreath laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to 바카라mark the shared sacrifices of the past and an enduring legacy of cooperation,바카라 according to Buckingham Palace.
The jet fighters of the Patrouille de France and Britain바카라s Red Arrows, the acrobatic teams of the countries바카라 air forces, will fly above the monument.
The presidential and royal couples will then head by car to the presidential palace, parading on the Champs-Elysees avenue.
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The visit comes amid a recent warming in the French-British relationship after years marked by Brexit talks and related disputes.
A March bilateral summit saw Macron and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak agreeing on strengthening the military ties between their countries and stepping up efforts to prevent migrants from crossing the English Channel.
바카라We know that the British and French relationship has been difficult at times since 2016,바카라 Ed Owens, a British monarchy historian, told The Associated Press.
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A state dinner on Wednesday in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles in the presence of more than 150 guests will be one of the highlights of the visit.
On Thursday, Charles will address French lawmakers at the Senate, providing a new venue for the king to show off his language skills after he wowed his audience by switching seamlessly between German and English during a speech to Germany바카라s parliament in March.
He will later rejoin Macron in front of Notre-Dame Cathedral to see the ongoing renovation work aimed at reopening the monument by the end of next year.
UK Ambassador Menna Rawlings, speaking on French news broadcaster LCI, said that Charles was 바카라very sad바카라 after the monument바카라s spire and roof collapsed in a blaze in 2019. It reminded him of the 1992 fire at Windsor Castle, she added.
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Charles and Macron will also both attend a reception for British and French business leaders about financing climate-related and biodiversity projects.
The king will end his trip on Friday with a stop in Bordeaux, home to a large British community. He will meet emergency workers and communities affected by the 2022 wildfires in the area and visit the Forêt Experimentale, or experimental forest, a project designed to monitor the impact of climate on urban woodlands.
He will also tour a vineyard, which has pioneered a sustainable approach to wine making. (AP) NPK
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