When “La Marseillaise” resonates in Windsor | EUROtoday

Hiales, uniforms in mess, distinctive jewellery, the gold of the Lord Chamber and even a resplendent solar in London and Windsor … Everything was introduced collectively on Tuesday, July 8, for the primary day of President Emmanuel Macron’s state go to to the United Kingdom. It was a query of demonstrating the endurance of the connection between Paris and London by deploying the entire pump of the British monarchy. The two nations waged conflict for hundreds of years, coexist peacefully because the cordial settlement of 1904 and, confronted with the rise of geopolitical risks, now need to draw a line on the tensions generated by Brexit of 2020.

The day began on the RAF Northolt navy base, west of the British capital, the place the French presidential couple was welcomed after they left the airplane by the prince and the princess of Wales, William and Catherine. A particular model of consideration, the British media underlined, particularly since Catherine, in remission of most cancers, was wearing Dior from foot to CAP.

The procession went on to town of Windsor, pavised with British and French flags, the place Emmanuel Macron and Charles III passed off for a brief parade within the “1902 State Landau”, a coach specifically constructed for the coronation of Edouard VII, the good grandfather of Elizabeth II, earlier than disappearing behind the excessive partitions of the citadel La Marseillaise.

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