Beyond the pomp: What is the true state of UK relations with France?
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🗓️ 21 September 2023
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
The three-day trip would have been Charles’ first royal visit abroad as King back in March – but it was delayed due to the violent protests taking place over President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms.
On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by François-Joseph Schichan, former French diplomat and political adviser to the French ambassador in the UK, to explore how our closest ally views both the King and the UK’s current politics.
Plus, former Labour foreign secretary Dame Margaret Beckett takes us through her assessment of the current strength of Anglo-French relations.
Producer: Soila Apparicio
Senior Producer: Annie Joyce
Interview Producer: Melissa Tutesigensi
Promotion Producer: David Chipakupaku
Editor: Wendy Parker
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| 1:26.8 | The relationship between the UK and France is a complicated one, to put it mildly. |
| 1:32.9 | A thousand years of on-off conflict were brought to an end in 2004, with a series of agreements |
| 1:38.6 | known as the Entente Cordial, and which led in fact the two nations fighting alongside |
| 1:43.1 | one another in the First World War. Fast forward, a century and a bit in fact the two nations fighting alongside one another in the First World War. |
| 1:45.6 | Fast forward, a century and a bit, and the phrase Anton Cordial is now commonly used to refer to the positive relations between us and the French, |
| 1:54.8 | even though the relationship has of late been somewhat strained. |
| 1:59.2 | President Macron, friend or foe, the jury's out. |
| 2:03.8 | But if I become prime minister, I'll judge him on deeds, not words. |
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| 2:15.4 | Liz Truss, casually insulting the French president. |
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