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On the evening of Wednesday September 20, the state dinner will be the high point of the British royal couple’s visit. A look back at the highlights of this day in pictures.
It was under a typically English wind, Wednesday September 20, that the English royal couple painfully got off their Airbus. It is 2 p.m. when Charles and Camilla set foot on French soil, welcomed by Élisabeth Borne. The royal couple rushes into their Bentley, heading towards the Champs Élysées where Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron are waiting. Passersby are enthusiastic.
A gift bearing the image of the king
The heads of state rekindle the flame of the Unknown Soldier, while the Republican Guard sings the Marseillaise and the Patrouille de France and the Royal Air Force tear the sky. Emmanuel Macron struggles to hide his pride next to the king, who remains more stoic. Escorted by 136 horses, the King and the President of the Republic descend in a convertible DS to a captivated young audience. At the Élysée, the two men are joined by their wives. After an hour of interview, direction the English embassy. Charles III received as a gift a medal from the Paris mint bearing his image and a novel by the writer Romain Gary.