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Macron beats Trump to London

A royal welcome for a republican president

Britain's King Charles III and France's President Emmanuel Macron ravel in a 1902 State Landau on a state drive to Windsor Castle
Boris? Donnez-moi un breakPhotograph: AP
|LONDON AND PARIS|5 min read

When Sir Keir Starmer sat down with Donald Trump at the White House in February, the British prime minister handed over a letter from King Charles III inviting the American president for a state visit to Britain. On July 8th a foreign president set foot in Britain for the first state visit the king has hosted this year. Yet the guest was not Mr Trump but President Emmanuel Macron of France.

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