This week, the British have their sights set on France. France is due to welcome King Charles III, crowned on May 6, and Queen Camilla on a three-day state visit to the country. This official visit should have taken place last March. However, due to the movement against pension reform in France last spring, King Charles III announced that he would postpone his visit. As a result, the British monarch is scheduled to visit the other side of the Channel from September 20 to 22, 2023. On the agenda? Dinner at the Château de Versailles, a visit to the Notre-Dame construction site and a stopover in Bordeaux.
King Charles III's official visit to Paris at the end of September: the programme
UK King Charles III was due to make his first official visit to France in March 2023, a trip postponed due to the protests then underway. In the end, he and his wife are expected to visit the French capital from September 20 to 22. [Read more]
In Paris, the Ministry of the Army has also announced a commemorative ceremony and wreath-laying ceremony at theArc de Triomphe on Wednesday, September 20, 2023. On the same day, the Patrouille de France will perform another air show in the skies above Paris. In a press release issued on September 19, the Préfecture de Police announced that it had given the go-ahead for a flyover by the Patrouille de France as part of the official visit by King Charles III.
The Préfecture de Police specifies that this operation will be carried out on September 20 between 2.25pm and 2.51pm, " by the Patrouille de France de l'Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace and the Royal Air Force ". A total of 18 aircraft will be flying over Paris early Wednesday afternoon!
After taking off from Villacoublay air base, the aircraft will fly over the Champs-Élysées avenue " at around 2:45 p.m. in the direction Porte Maillot - Porte de Vincennes, before returning to base ", according to the Préfecture de police, which adds that "a waiting circuit for the aircraft in the north-west of the Paris region is also planned prior to the flypast ".
After a visit by the Patrouille de France on September 8 for the opening ceremony of the Rugby World Cup, Parisians and Ile-de-France residents, more accustomed to admiring the prowess of the Patrouille de France on July 14, will be able to watch them again on this occasion. See you on September 20 to raise your eyes once again to the skies above the capital!
King Charles III's official visit to Paris at the end of September: the programme
