The postponement of the state visit of King Charles III and Camila to France was decided following a request to this effect by French President Emmanuel Macron, Downing Street said on Friday.
“The decision was made with the agreement of all parties, after the President of France asked the British government to postpone the visit,” said a spokesman for the British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, after the Élysée announcement of this postponement due to to the protest movement in France against the pension reform.
The Élysée had indicated a little earlier this Friday that the decision to cancel had been “taken by the French and British governments, after a telephone exchange between the President of the Republic and the King”, when this trip was going to be the first of Carlos III abroad. since his accession to the throne.
The dates of the next visit still to be determined
King Carlos III and his wife Camila also assured this Friday that they really wanted to go to France “as soon as dates can be found,” according to Buckimgham Palace.
The displacement of Carlos III was threatened for several days by the mobilization movement against the pension reform in Franceduring which violence broke out on several occasions.
France had planned to receive the British sovereign with honors during his visit. The monarch was due to deliver a speech in the Senate on Monday and dine in the evening at Versailles with Emmanuel Macron.
Carlos III will travel to Germany from March 29 to 31 as planned, the British Embassy confirms this Friday.
Source: BFM TV
