King Charles III and President Emmanuel Macron shook hands and stood together on the steps of the Elysee Palace before they bade each other farewell towards the end of the second day of the monarch’s state visit to France.
Queen Camilla and French First Lady Brigitte Macron also exchanged warm pleasantries, after the pair earlier bonded over a hilarious game of table tennis.
The match went ahead after the King made a powerful and historic speech on Thursday, becoming the first British Monarch to ever address the French senate.
For the rest of the day, the royals visited the Paris flower market and Notre Dame where they learned about the restoration work taking place to fix the 19th-century cathedral that was engulfed by a frightening blaze in 2019.
The King then went to the Natural History Museum where French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his gratitude for the Charles’ lengthy commitment to climate change.
The state visit comes six months after widespread rioting in France sparked by Mr Macron’s pension reforms forced the trip to be postponed.
