On his first state visit abroad as king, the father of Princes William and Harry will meditate at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris before addressing the Senate, a first for a British monarch. He will also travel southwest to Bordeaux.
This is a historic visit that qualifies Times “On Britain’s attempt to build bridges with its European neighbors after Brexit”. We found out a little earlier this week. Charles III chose France for his first state visit abroad. It will take place from March 26 to 29. After that, the king will fly to Germany for a few days until March 31. And as always, this trip will follow a well-oiled, even millimeter plan (no fault of royal protocol), as Buckingham Palace has already opened this Friday, March 3.
Monday March 27: Paris and Versailles
According to initial reports, Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla will arrive on Sunday evening, March 26. where will they stay? So far no one knows. On Monday morning, they will meet French President Emmanuel Macron for a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe, where they will lay a wreath in front of the Flame of the Unknown Soldier. After a moment of reflection, they will march down the Champs Elysées to the Elysée Palace with the Republican Guard.
After the interview, the king will proceed to the Senate, where he will be the first British sovereign to address the upper house of parliament. In 2004, Elizabeth II went to the Senate, but gave a speech in the meeting hall of the Luxembourg Palace. Meanwhile, Camilla Parker Bowles and Brigitte Macron will open the Manet/Degas exhibition, which opens to the public the following day at the Musée d’Orsay.
Afterwards, the king and his wife will visit 19M, a structure Chanel set up in northeast Paris to bring together its craft houses. Before going to the Centquatre cultural center in the presence of the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo. Charles III will then travel to the British Embassy, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré (8th arrondissement) to meet entrepreneurs active in the ecological transition. Finally, the day will end with a banquet at the Palace of Versailles.
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Tuesday 28: Trip to Bordeaux
After this obligatory stop in Paris, the royal couple will stop in the Gironde and travel by train to the French city of Bordeaux, which, according to Buckingham Palace, is the largest center for Britons. Charles and Camilla will take the tram to Place de la Bourse, where the famous water mirror is located on the banks of the Garonne. They will walk to the Hôtel de Ville for a reception with Mayor Pierre Hurmick, a stop to taste cannelles, Bordeaux’s famous little cakes. Before the opening of the new British consulate.
The Queen will then visit a center to help financially challenged families and the homeless, while the King will visit Landiras, a settlement badly hit by last summer’s fires. Speaking on BFMTV this Saturday, the city’s mayor, Jean-Marc Pelletan, explains that the king will come “to see the ecological impact on the ground”. The father of Princes William and Harry will especially meet with rescuers as well as participants in reforestation projects that promote biodiversity. An opportunity to reaffirm his ecological commitment, he who has always been very concerned about the protection of the environment.
Later, he will meet his wife to go to a sustainable vineyard, Château Smith Haut Lafitte, owned by the Cathiards of Pessac-Léognan, which generates its own solar energy, captures carbon emissions and produces beauty products with winery waste.
Wednesday 29:00 bye Paris, Hello Berlin:
Returning to Paris by train on Tuesday evening, Charles and Camilla will meet the public on Wednesday morning at the Elisabeth II flower market on the Île de la Cite in central Paris. It was renamed in the presence of the late sovereign during his last visit in 2014.
The royal couple will then travel to Berlin. They will be welcomed in the German capital with a ceremony at the Brandenburg Gate before a banquet at Bellevue Palace, the official residence of President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. They will address the Bundestag on Thursday before visiting Hamburg on Friday to discuss green energy, among other issues.
In the video, Stella McCartney was confused while greeting King Charles III
Source: Le Figaro
