With its vast military and economic might, the US is Britain’s most important bilateral relationship. But France must be a close second. Indeed, the Entente Cordiale, a series of agreements signed in 1904, represents one of the most long-standing and successful alliances in history.
This morning, the King reaffirmed that friendship with an historic address to the French Senate. Following a guard of honour lining the route to the Senate, he became the first British monarch to speak from that chamber, underlining the closeness between our two great nations.
