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08-07-2025
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Pacific Waves for 9 July 2025
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Sky News
08-07-2025
- Politics
- Sky News
Watch live: King Charles and Emmanuel Macron enjoy carriage procession through Windsor
Watch live as royals welcome Emmanuel Macron at start of UK state visit French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived in the UK for his first state visit. The Prince and Princess of Wales have greeted him and his wife Brigitte Macron at RAF Northolt. The King and Queen will greet the French president and his wife before they journey to Windsor Castle in a carriage procession, joined also by the Prince and Princess of Wales. A state banquet will be held this evening. It is the first state visit to the UK by a French president since 2008, when Queen Elizabeth welcomed Nicolas Sarkozy. Macron's visit also marks the first state visit to the UK by a European leader since Brexit. He will address parliamentarians in the Palace of Westminster's Royal Gallery before joining a UK-France summit with Sir Keir Starmer tomorrow. Watch along in the stream at the top of this live page, which includes commentary from our expert Alastair Bruce.
The Independent
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
William and Kate to join King and Queen for Macron's Windsor carriage ride
The Prince and Princess of Wales are to join the King and Queen and their guests French president Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte for a carriage ride through Windsor next week. Kate, who has opened up about her 'rollercoaster' cancer recovery, its life-changing impact and putting on a 'brave face', will carry out royal duties as part of the French leader's state visit on Tuesday. Kensington Palace has yet to confirm whether or not the princess will attend the banquet in Windsor Castle's St George's Hall in the evening. The princess, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2024 and confirmed she was free from the disease at the start of this year, last made an appearance at a grand royal dinner 20 months ago in November 2023 in honour of the South Korean president. Mr Macron's state visit to the UK, from July 8-10, is the first to be hosted at Windsor Castle, rather than Buckingham Palace, in a more than a decade since that of the Irish president Michael D Higgins in 2014. In a personal touch, the King and Queen will, on Wednesday, take the Macrons to see Fabuleu de Maucour, a 10-year-old grey gelding which Mr Macron gifted to known horse-lover the late Queen Elizabeth II in 2022 in celebration of her Platinum Jubilee. Fabuleu de Maucour belonged to the largely ceremonial French Republican Guard and was trained to carry the standard-bearer. They will also view an elegant Charabanc carriage from the Royal Mews, which was a present to Queen Victoria from King Louis-Philippe of France in 1844. And the Macrons will privately pay their respects at the late Queen's tomb in St George's Chapel by laying flowers in tribute. Charles, Ranger of Windsor Great Park, will also invite the president to tour the Windsor Castle Gardens, including areas of nature restoration and biodiversity and the wider Great Park. State visits, which capitalise on the royals' soft power to strengthen diplomatic ties overseas, have moved from Buckingham Palace to Windsor for the next few years while reservicing work continues at the London royal residence and starts to affect the state rooms. The arrangements are likely to form the template for US president Donald Trump's high-profile state visit in September, but much will depend on security considerations for the US leader, who survived an assassination attempt last year. William and Kate will meet Mr and Mrs Macron at RAF Northolt on Tuesday morning on behalf of the King and travel with them to Windsor. Charles and Camilla will formerly greet their guests on a Royal Dais constructed on Datchet Road in Windsor town centre, with the castle in the backdrop as gun salutes sound in nearby Home Park. The King, the Queen, the Waleses and Mr and Mrs Macron will then take a carriage procession through the Berkshire town and along part of the Long Walk which leads to the castle, just like President Sarkozy did. A ceremonial welcome will be staged in the castle's quadrangle with Camilla, William, Kate and Mrs Macron watching as the King and Mr Macron inspect the Guard of Honour. Lunch will be hosted in the State Dining Room, after which the president and his wife, the King and Queen and members of the royal family will view a special exhibition of items relating to France from the Royal Collection in the Green Drawing Room. Mr and Mrs Macron will also travel to London on Tuesday afternoon to see the Grave of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey, visit the Palace of Westminster where the French leader will address parliamentarians in the Royal Gallery, and meet opposition leaders at Lancaster House. The King and president will both deliver speeches at the banquet on Tuesday evening. Wednesday will see the president and Mrs Macron join Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Lady Starmer for lunch at Downing Street, ahead of a UK-France summit at Number 10 on Thursday. The King and Queen paid a state visit to France in September 2023 and enjoy a warm rapport with Mr and Mrs Macron, who will stay in the castle during their trip. The last state visit to the UK from France was in March 2008 when the now-disgraced president Nicolas Sarkozy, since convicted of corruption and influence peddling, and his wife Carla Bruni, were the guests of Elizabeth II at Windsor. The King, who is still being treated for cancer, has had a busy recent run of engagements, carrying out a host of visits in Scotland for Royal Week. Kate, who spoke about the challenges of her recovery during a visit to the RHS's Wellbeing Garden at Colchester Hospital on Wednesday, took part in the Qatari state visit last December, accompanying the Emir to Horse Guards Parade with William, attending the ceremonial welcome, the lunch and the Picture Gallery exhibition.
Sky News
04-07-2025
- Politics
- Sky News
Details of Emmanuel Macron's unconventional UK state visit revealed - could Trump's be similar?
A personal greeting from the Prince and Princess of Wales and a carriage procession through Windsor await Emmanuel Macron and his wife, as the royals roll out the red carpet for the French president. Details of the French state visit next week have been released, with a different look from usual, as the important diplomatic event takes place in Windsor and not around Buckingham Palace. In the first unusual step, the Prince and Princess of Wales will travel out to RAF Northolt and personally meet Mr Macron and his wife Brigitte off their plane, before travelling with them to Windsor. The King and Queen will then formally greet their guests on a special royal dais constructed in Datchet Road in Windsor town centre, with the castle the backdrop as gun salutes sound in nearby Home Park. There will then be a carriage procession through the town and along part of the Long Walk, which leads to Windsor Castle, before the full ceremonial welcome takes place in the castle's quadrangle. Later, a grand state banquet will be held with both the King and President Macron giving speeches. Kensington Palace has not confirmed if Kate will attend. At a cancer wellbeing centre in Colchester this week, she talked about her "rollercoaster" cancer journey and how during recovery it can still be difficult to "function normally at home as you perhaps once used to". 1:21 Mr Macron's state visit, from 8 to 10 July, is the first at Windsor Castle rather than Buckingham Palace, in more than a decade - since that of Irish president Michael D Higgins in 2014. Windsor has been chosen because of refurbishment at Buckingham Palace. State visits are seen as the ultimate diplomatic gift the UK can offer, with the royals' soft power used to strengthen diplomatic ties. The French president will also visit the Palace of Westminster on Tuesday, where he will address parliamentarians in the Royal Gallery and meet opposition leaders at Lancaster House. On Wednesday, the president and Mrs Macron will join Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Lady Starmer for lunch at Downing Street, ahead of a UK-France summit at Number 10 on Thursday. But it will be the personal touches that will no doubt make this a special visit for the Macrons. The King and Queen will take them to see a horse - Fabuleu de Maucour, a 10-year-old grey gelding Mr Macron gifted to known horse-lover Queen Elizabeth II in 2022 for her Platinum Jubilee. They will also view a Charabanc carriage from the Royal Mews, a present to Queen Victoria from King Louis-Philippe of France in 1844. And the Macrons will privately pay their respects and lay flowers at the late Queen's tomb in St George's Chapel in Windsor. The King - as ranger of Windsor Great Park - will also invite the president to tour the Windsor Castle Gardens, including areas of nature restoration and biodiversity and the wider Great Park. The last state visit to the UK from France was in March 2008. The King and Queen paid their own a state visit to France in September 2023 and enjoyed a warm rapport with Mr and Mrs Macron, who will stay in the castle during their trip. Interestingly, the arrangements could be seen as a potential template for US President Donald Trump 's high-profile state visit in September.
Yahoo
24-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump makes time for palace pomp but skips key meetings at Nato summit
Donald Trump will prioritise pageantry over diplomacy at the Nato summit, arriving in the Hague in time for an opulent dinner with the King and Queen while eschewing key meetings. Mr Trump will arrive in the Hague, Netherlands, on Tuesday evening just in time for the Royal dinner, but will in turn skip a string of Nato meetings earlier in the day. The flying 24-hour visit, which was originally scheduled to be twice as long, is a reminder of just how much the world's most powerful man chafes at the business of international summitry but never misses an opportunity to revel in pomp and ceremony. Last week he left the G7 summit in Canada half way through, insisting he had to return to Washington to deal with the escalating crisis in the Middle East. However, insiders pointed out that he announced he was leaving after sitting through a session on wildfires, exactly the sort of scheduling that he hates. 'He thinks these things are a total waste of time,' said a source who was at the G7 last week. Nato officials need no reminder. He left his last Nato summit abruptly when Justin Trudeau, the then Canadian prime minister, was caught on camera joking about Mr Trump's penchant for turning any event into a press conference. That was six years ago just outside Watford. This time there is more pomp and glamour in a schedule that has been carefully tailored to keep him happy. There was even talk of slotting in a round of golf on Tuesday, although the abbreviated plan means that has been jettisoned. Instead he arrives in time to dine at the Huis ten Bosch, one of three official residences of the Dutch royal family. He leaves the next afternoon after a press conference. The main theme of the summit will be member states' commitment to spend five percent of gross domestic product on defence – one of Mr Trump's hobby horses and a chance for him to claim a huge win that has eluded previous American presidents. The usual three sessions have been reduced to one three-hour meeting. And officials have shrunk the joint communiqué, to be released at the end of the summit, to just one page, focused almost entirely on the member states' pledge to raise defence spending to five percent of gross domestic product. The short schedule meant it made sense of Mr Trump to cut down his visit from two nights to one, said Karoline Leavitt, his press secretary. 'More action, less talk,' she told The Telegraph. She added that he was also going to be spending the night at a royal palace, 'which he is very excited about.' It means he will get to enjoy the ceremony of the summit without having to endure the nitty gritty of negotiations or the platitudes of diplomacy. However, plans to keep contentious issues off the agenda – such as Ukraine's request for membership – have faltered. Mr Trump will arrive fresh from ordering strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities and retaliatory strikes on US bases in the Middle East. He may face awkward questions from allies about the legality of the move and even Sir Keir Starmer, who has a good relationship with the US president, and his team have sidestepped questions about the justification for striking Iranian territory. Mark Rutte, the Nato secretary general, has kept up a positive tone during the run up. And on Monday he said he was not planning to raise Iran during the meetings, 'It is deviating from the core issue at hand,' he told reporters. 'And that doesn't mean that individual allies will not discuss this here.' A senior US official painted a picture of a president keen to get down to the business of increasing defence spending and getting allies to sign up to a five percent spending pledge from member states. 'This effort builds on the hundreds of billions of dollars in spending increases already achieved across the alliance since 2017 thanks to president Trump's diplomacy in his first term,' said the official. 'The president will urge allies to revitalise their industrial capacities in order to create Western supply chains capable of producing the critical minerals, infrastructure, weapons and other products necessary for the security of America and her allies.' Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
