King Charles III is to host French President Emmanuel Macron on a state visit to the UK from July 8-10, Buckingham Palace has announced.
The French leader and his wife Brigitte Macron will stay at Windsor Castle and will be feted with a state banquet at the historic Berkshire royal residence.
Buckingham Palace said: “The President of the French Republic, His Excellency Emmanuel Macron, accompanied by Mrs Brigitte Macron, has accepted an invitation from His Majesty The King to pay a State Visit to the United Kingdom from Tuesday 8th July to Thursday 10th July 2025.
“The President and Mrs Macron will stay at Windsor Castle.”
While a date has not yet been announced for President Donald Trump’s second state visit, he is widely expected to travel to the UK in September after Sir Keir Starmer extended an invitation at the White House earlier this year.
The King and Queen paid a state visit to France in September 2023.
The last state visit to the UK from France was in March 2008 when President Nicolas Sarkozy also stayed at Windsor as the late Queen Elizabeth II’s guests.
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