{"id":17140,"date":"2026-09-03T01:28:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T22:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/?p=17140"},"modified":"2026-09-03T01:28:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T22:28:33","slug":"king-and-queen-unite-with-burnham-and-macron-at-british-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/king-and-queen-unite-with-burnham-and-macron-at-british-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"King and Queen unite with Burnham and Macron at British Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>King Charles<\/strong> and <strong>Queen Camilla<\/strong> viewed the renowned Bayeux Tapestry alongside <strong>Emmanuel Macron<\/strong>, his wife <strong>Brigitte Macron<\/strong>, <strong>Andy Burnham<\/strong>, and the Prime Minister&#8217;s wife <strong>Marie-France Van-Heel<\/strong> in what marks a significant moment in British-French cultural cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>The royal couple and political leaders emerged into the museum&#8217;s Great Court following a private viewing of the medieval masterpiece. They were greeted by assembled British and French schoolchildren, along with official delegates who facilitated the extraordinary loan agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Both the King and the French President were scheduled to deliver addresses marking the occasion.<\/p>\n<h2>Royal Tea Precedes Museum Event<\/h2>\n<p>Prior to the museum gathering, Charles and Camilla received the French President and First Lady for a private tea at Clarence House. The visit included a presentation of Fabuleu du Maucour, a ceremonial horse gifted by Macron to the late <strong>Queen Elizabeth II<\/strong>. The horse has since distinguished itself in royal service, performing as the Master of the Horse&#8217;s charger at Trooping the Colour and as an outrider during recent state visits.<\/p>\n<p>The royal and presidential parties arrived together at the British Museum entrance, where they received a formal welcome from the museum&#8217;s Director, <strong>Dr Nicholas Cullinan<\/strong>, and the institution&#8217;s Chair, <strong>George Osborne<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The evening represents a culmination of major international negotiations between the United Kingdom and France regarding cultural exchange and cooperation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>With information from <a href=\"https:\/\/gbnews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GB News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>King Charles, Queen Camilla, President Macron, and Prime Minister Burnham gathered at the British Museum to mark the historic loan of the Bayeux Tapestry from France to Britain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":17139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[12868,10196,235,55,12867,8535,48],"nfg_topic":[134],"class_list":["post-17140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bayeux-tapestry","tag-british-museum","tag-emmanuel-macron","tag-france","tag-king-charles","tag-queen-camilla","tag-united-kingdom","nfg_topic-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17142,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17140\/revisions\/17142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17140"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=17140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}