King Charles to host Emmanuel Macron for UK state visit in July
Buckingham Palace has announced that the King and Queen will host a state visit for President Macron in July, two months before President Trump is due to come to the UK.
Macron will stay at Windsor Castle rather than Buckingham Palace, which is undergoing refurbishment work.
A palace spokesman said: 'The president of the French Republic, his excellency Emmanuel Macron, accompanied by Mrs Brigitte Macron, has accepted an invitation from His Majesty the King to pay a state visit to the United Kingdom from Tuesday 8th July to Thursday 10th July 2025.'
The King and Queen paid a state visit to France in September 2023.
France was due to be the destination for the first outward state visit for Charles since ascending the
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