Coronation and Charles III: between the king and Emmanuel Macron, the very cordial understanding

2023-05-05 12:01:10

The anecdote, tasty, has been reported several times by Emmanuel Macron. It dates back to his first meeting with Charles, then Prince of Wales, during the 75th anniversary of the Normandy landings celebrated in Plymouth, in June 2019. “He welcomed me warmly. Noticing my eye irresistibly attracted by his skewer of decorations, with that very British humor that characterizes him, he had slipped me: This is what happens when you wait a very long time at the steps of the throne “, said the head of state last September, in the columns of Paris Match, the day after the death of Queen Elizabeth.