What Brigitte Macron really said to Princess Kate after snubbing her husband French President Emmanuel Macron revealed
Mrs Macron ignored Mr Macron after the President disembarked his jet at RAF Northolt in West London on Tuesday, ahead of their UK state visit.
Mr Macron waited for his wife at the bottom of the steps of the jet with his hand outstretched for her to take as she made the short journey down.
However, Mrs Macron opted instead used the handrail to guide herself, and her husband, left hanging, had no other option but to drop his hand.
The Macrons were immediately greeted by Prince William and Princess Catherine at a Ceremonial Welcome.
Footage of the interaction showed the President shaking the Princess of Wales' hand before giving Kate, who stunned in a dusty pink Christian Dior jacket, British-designed hat, and a tulle skirt, an air kiss on her hand.
'Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you… It's good to see you,' he said to the British royal couple, lip reader Jeremy Freeman told the Mirror.
As Brigitte greeted Catherine, she told the Princess it was 'so good to see' her and 'you look great', perhaps in reference to her cancer battle.
The exchange comes after Kate likened her cancer recovery to a 'rollercoaster' as she opened up about her health journey to patients at a cancer support centre in Colchester Hospital in Essex.
'(When) treatment's done, then it's like, 'I can crack on, get back to normal again', but actually, the phase afterwards is really, you know, difficult,' she said earlier this month.
'You're not necessarily under the clinical team any longer, but you're not able to function normally at home as you perhaps once used to.'
On Tuesday evening, the Princess of Wales attended a state banquet for the Macrons, which marked her first appearance at a banquet since her cancer treatment.
According to a palace insider who spoke to The Daily Beast, courtiers were relieved to see the Princess of Wales attend the dinner.
'Kate has saved the day,' the source said.
It is understood Catherine's attendance at the banquet was only confirmed shortly after 6 p.m. local time, about 90 minutes before she arrived at Windsor Castle with the Prince of Wales.
Catherine entered the banquet hall in a dazzling caped red dress designed by Sarah Burton, her royal wedding dress designer for Givenchy.
The Princess of Wales coordinated the gown with the priceless Queen Mary's Lover's Knot Tiara.
The French State visit is set to continued on Wednesday, with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosting Mr Macron.
The meeting consisted of Britain proposing a 'one in, one out' arrangement for migrants seeking asylum through the English Channel, given small boat crossings in the UK are at a record high, but the leaders are yet to make any agreement.
The visit marks the first time a European Union head of state has visited the UK since then-French President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008.
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