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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
George Lomas

Emmanuel Macron's state visit explained: Why is he visiting the UK?

The Royal Family have met President Macron and his wife Brigitte at RAF Northolt as part of a state visit that is seen by many as an effort to mend UK-EU relations.

As part of today’s precedings, the King is set to make a speech in which he will detail the importance of the two countries working in unison to combat “complex threats” and will reference their “shared history and culture”.

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