Flags in France are flying at half-mast and Britain’s Union Jack has been placed on the Elysée Palace porch in a sign of mourning for the late British monarch, as politicians from across the political spectrum put aside their differences to pay their deep respects.
“The French people are also in mourning,” French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday shortly after the news broke of Queen Elizabeth II's passing at her residence in Balmoral, Scotland.
