the reactions of Londoners after the postponement of the visit to France of Charles III

The images of the burning door of the town hall of Bordeaux have also turned widely in London, as have those of the important rallies against the pension reform, Thursday, March 23, throughout France. Cathy saw all this on television, she was expecting this cancellation of Charles III’s trip to France. “I’m not surprised at all. I was not afraid for the King but it would only have added pressure with what is happening in France. With all these security problems, it is not without don’t doubt the right time to go”, she indicates.

>>Charles III: the visit of the British sovereign to France postponed

The state visit of King Charles III to France for his first official trip as monarch has been postponed, the Élysée announced on Friday March 24. He was due to arrive Sunday evening in Paris and then go to Bordeaux on Tuesday. A program postponed to a date for the time unknown. The conditions for a peaceful stay were not met, acknowledged Emmanuel Macron during a press conference after the European Council in Brussels.

The United Kingdom has also been experiencing major strike movements for months. Professors, doctors, railway workers, postal workers. There are work stoppages that sometimes disrupt daily life, but no large-scale demonstrations, no renewable strikes, no violence. Far from the French way. Francis is distressed to see his King forced to cancel his trip.

“It’s a shame and I tell myself that there has been a little too much violence in the demonstrations in France. We are pushing back the retirement age, it would annoy anyone but here it is 66 years old so guys, it’s time to enter the 21st century.”

Francis, resident of London

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But there are also English people who envy France’s political system. This is the case of Dominic, a fervent Republican, he can recite the names of all the residents of the Élysée. An inveterate conservative, he judges the French government far too lax on immigration. But he hates his King even more. So seeing him today, prevented from coming to France, it amuses him. “I don’t like Macron but he is a leader you have chosen. Not someone who always comes from the same broken family. Big ears, that is to say King Charles III, no one has voted for him. I want an elected head of state, like in France”. And he concludes: “You at least, in the next elections, you will be able to change your head of state”.