After an exchange with President Emmanuel Macron this morning, the King of England decided to postpone his first official visit abroad, which was supposed to start on March 26.
The Buckingham Palace has been closely following the situation in France for several days. The verdict was passed this Friday, March 24. The official visit of Charles III to France has been finally postponed. “Given the announcement yesterday, March 28, of a new national day of struggle against pension reforms in France, the visit of King Charles III, which was originally planned for March 26 to 29 in our country, will be postponed,” the Elysée said. in a press release.
This decision, significant for France’s image abroad, “was taken by the French and British governments, following an exchange this morning between the President of the Republic and the King, to be able to accept His Majesty King Charles III on terms. which correspond to our friendly relations.” This state visit, which will be Charles III’s first foreign visit since ascending to the throne, will be rescheduled “as soon as possible”. In turn, the British embassy notes that this cancellation was stopped at the last moment “after the French president asked the British government to postpone the visit”.
Emmanuel Macron justified the postponement of the visit of King Charles during the conference held in Brussels as part of the European summit. For him, “a state visit in the midst of protests” was simply unimaginable. “What would be hated, we would try to preserve [cette visite] as if there were no incidents with the key.
Charles III chose France for his first state visit. A few weeks ago that Times He spoke of the historic visit, which was seen by the channel as “an attempt to build bridges with Britain’s European neighbors after Brexit”.
In the video, King Charles and Queen Camilla blow their whistles during an official visit
Source: Le Figaro
