It is six months since King Charles and Queen Camilla were meant to visit France for a state visit (Picture: EPA)
The King and Queen have arrived in France for a three-day state visit starting off in Paris.
It is six months after the trip had to be rescheduled because of widespread rioting across the country.
They landed at Paris’s Orly Airport this afternoon, and were greeted by French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and other diplomats.
A guard of honour was lined up to greet them and President Emmanuel Macron issued a warm welcome on social media: ‘You visited as a Prince, you return as a King. Your Majesty, welcome.’
Charles and Camilla met with Mr Macron, 45, and his wife Brigitte, 70, for a ceremony of remembrance and wreath laying at the Arc de Triomphe.
The King gave Mr Macron a book containing photographs of the pair together.
Charles was also invited to symbolically light the monument’s eternal flame, which burns in memory of those who died in the First and Second World Wars.
They all then headed down the Champs-Elysees to the Elysee Palace, the president’s official residence, where Charles and Mr Macron sat down for talks.
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King Charles III, Queen Camilla, French President Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Macron arrive at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France (Picture: Shutterstock)
Charles and Camilla arrived at Paris’s Orly Airport (Picture: Shutterstock)
Charles and President Macron attend a remembrance ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris (Picture: EPA)
The King also gave Mr Macron a complete edition of Voltaire’s writings when he visited the Elysee Palace.
In return, Mr Macron gave the King a golden coin featuring Charles’s portrait, as well as a prize-winning French novel.
This evening the royals are guests of honour at a state banquet in the Palace of Versailles’ Hall of Mirrors.
Charles and Mr Macron will address 160 guests, who include high-profile figures chosen for their contribution to UK-French relations.
Charles is the first British monarch to give a speech from France’s senate chamber to senators and national assembly members tomorrow.
The royal couple will also meet sports stars as France hosts the Rugby World Cup.
In Bordeaux they will meet UK and French military personnel to hear how the two nations are collaborating on defence.
Violent nationwide demonstrations last March meant the royal couple’s tour was postponed until now.
Bordeaux’s town hall was set on fire by protesters just a few days before the trip was due to begin.
They visited Germany instead.
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