UK royals welcome France’s Macron for state visit

French President Emmanuel Macron came to visit a state visit that confused his royal pageantry with prickly political talks to prevent immigrants from passing the British channel on small boats.

Macron and Prime Minister Keir Starmer will try to advance the plans for a post -penny security forces for Ukraine, although the US idea is indifferent to the idea of ​​the US and Russia’s neighbor’s neighbor.

Macron’s three -day visit, King III. With Charles’s invitation, it is a symbol of the first state visit to the UK by the President of the European Union since Brexit and the desire of the British government to reset relations with the British block in 2020.

“The United Kingdom is a strategic partner, an ally, a friend, Mac Macron wrote in a significant tone change after passing over Brexit.

“Our vineyard has been going on for a long time, beaten by history and strengthened with confidence.”

President and wife Brigitte Macron was welcomed by the Prince of Wales and Princess on Tuesday on a red carpet at London’s Raf Northolt Airbase.

In Windsor, west of London, were greeted by King Charles and Queen Camilla.

A military group stole the French and British national anthems, and four of them entered the royal residence of the Windsor Castle, in horse -drawn cars, Union Jacks and French three -color flags.

Later, the king and the queen will host a state feast for his guests.

In September 2023, the British royal family made a state visit to France.

The ruler will make a wide appeal in international cooperation, saying that Britain and France do not “know the borders” and “no castle can protect us against them”.

Macron will appeal to both homes of the UK Parliament before sitting with Starmer with migration, defense and investment.

On Thursday, at a UK Summit, senior government officials from the two countries will discuss small boat crossings, a thorny problem for successive governments on both sides of the British channel.

Britain receives less asylum seekers than the Mediterranean European countries, but every year thousands of immigrants use Northern France either by standing in trucks or after a clamp on this route – as a launching point in small boats in one of the most intense transport lanes in the world.

Starmer, who was elected as the Central Left Government a year ago, promised to “smash the gangs” behind organized human trafficking.

Starmer and Macron worked together to support Ukraine, leading to efforts to create an international peace protection to strengthen the future ceasefire with Ukraine’s European troops and equipment and US security guarantees and US security guarantees.

However, US President Donald Trump showed little enthusiasm for this idea, and the ceasefire continues in a difficult way.