Overview

• More than 950 service personnel and 70 horses formed a Guard of Honour at Windsor Castle, where France’s 11e Brigade Parachutiste executed a joint parachute drop with British airborne forces.
• Tonight’s state banquet in St George’s Hall will feature speeches by King Charles III and President Macron, with senior royals including Princess Kate attending her first banquet since cancer treatment.
• President Macron will address the House of Lords to outline shared security priorities and deepen Franco-British parliamentary cooperation.
• London and Paris will formalise updates to the 2010 Lancaster House Treaties during the visit to strengthen the Combined Joint Expeditionary Force against evolving threats.
• The three-day visit, first by a French leader since 2008 and first at Windsor since 2014, underscores post-Brexit outreach and reinforces the modern Entente Cordiale.