Buckingham Palace has announced that King Charles and Queen Camilla will play host to French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife this summer at Windsor Castle
The King is to host French President Emmanuel Macron on a state visit to the UK from July 8-10, Buckingham Palace has announced.
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.” The occasion comes after the King and Queen paid a state visit to France in September 2023.
The last time the UK had a state visit from France was 17 years ago in March 2008. President Nicolas Sarkozy were guests of Queen Elizabeth II and also stayed at Windsor.
The announcement comes as the UK is also expecting a visit in September from US President Donald Trump, who suggested the Palace was “setting a date” for his second state visit to the UK. During his trip to Washington in February, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer handed Trump an invitation letter from the King.
Meanwhile, the King and Queen are to make a huge overseas trip later this month. The couple will visit Canada on May 26 and 27 in order to attend the State Opening of the Parliament in Ottawa, Buckingham Palace confirmed.
The visit will be the 20th time that Charles has visited the country, however it will be the first time he has been there as King. Charles is also Canada’s head of state and will be travelling to the country with his wife less than a month after former Bank of England governor Mark Carney’s Liberal Party election victory.
Mr Carney’s rival, populist Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, was in the lead until US President Donald Trump took aim at Canada with a trade war and threats to annex the country as the 51st state.
Buckingham Palace said: “The King and Queen will visit Canada from Monday 26th to Tuesday 27th May. The King, accompanied by the Queen, will attend the state opening of the Parliament of Canada, in Ottawa.”
Charles and Camilla were due to visit Canada last spring, according to Canadian news outlets, but the trip was postponed because of the King’s cancer diagnosis.
