The British royal couple is spending the last day of their state visit to France this Friday, September 22, 2023. On the program, a visit to Bordeaux, in Gironde, with several visits planned.
After a two-day visit to Paris, King Charles III and Queen Camilla will travel this Friday, September 22, 2023 to Bordeauxfor their third and final day of their state visit to France.
Charles III had already come to Bordeaux in 1977 when he was Prince of Wales. His mother, Elizabeth II also, in 1992.
Arrival at the airport around 1 p.m.
The king will not arrive by train as planned but by plane, at Mérignac airport, around 1 p.m.
Crowd bath and reception
The procession will then head towards Bordeaux city hall, Place Pey-Berland. After a crowd bath, the royal couple will meet the mayor of Bordeaux, Pierre Hurmic. Around a hundred people were invited to the reception, specifies South West. Among the guests, Alain Juppé, Hugues Martin and Nicolas Florian, other former mayors. A tree should be planted in the gardens of City Hall.
Frigate, tram tour, Franco-British festival
Charles III will then visit with Queen Camilla, the frigate HMS Iron Duke, ship of the Royal Navy before taking the tramway to Place de la Bourse. Charles III and Camilla will then go to Great, a Franco-British festival organized by the Tourist Office of Great Britain. Some 1,500 people, economic players, tourism professionals, personalities from Bordeaux society, influencers and journalists, hand-picked, will be able to cross the barriers of this British village, underlines Sud Ouest. The lucky ones may perhaps come across King Charles III, whose visit is announced around 2:45 p.m.
Experimental forest and “Friendship bread”
In the afternoon, the couple will take opposite paths. Charles III will visit the university research site of the experimental forest, in Floirac. Camilla for her part will go to Friendship Bread. The association manages a social restaurant and a solidarity grocery store for the benefit of thousands of poor people.
Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte
The couple will end their state visit with a visit to the wine estate Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte.
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