King Charles to host France's Macron for July state visit to UK

King Charles III is to big French President Emmanuel Macron connected a authorities sojourn to the UK from July 8-10, the French presidency and British monarchy announced, successful a caller measurement towards strengthening relations aft Brexit.Macron volition besides clasp talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during the trip, which follows the authorities sojourn by Charles to France successful September 2023. The king and Queen Camilla volition big Macron and his woman Brigitte astatine Windsor Castle, the British royal household said connected its authoritative societal media account.Charles's authorities sojourn to France successful 2023, which saw him present an code to parliament successful French and be a glittering authorities banquet thrown by Macron astatine the Palace of Versailles, was wide regarded arsenic a occurrence that helped boost relations.There were terrible governmental tensions betwixt Paris and London successful the contiguous aftermath of Brexit nether the erstwhile right-wing Conservative British government, with some sides besides incapable to find a strategy to halt the perilous tiny vessel crossings crossed the Channel betwixt the countries.But determination has been a caller warmth successful relations nether the centre-left Labour authorities led by Starmer, with the British premier and Macron present starring European efforts to find a conscionable bid for Ukraine.The value of the France-UK narration was again successful grounds astatine the play erstwhile Starmer and Macron, joined by caller German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, travelled by bid to Kyiv for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.