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My colleague Gregory Coppoli is here to help me interpret the significance of these events in Buckingham Palace.

Gregory has published a new book, Noble State, about the uses and, what you'd have to say, comfort level of having a monarch around to knit the nation or the region or the warring parties together.

We have this AP News from the Buckingham Palace, says French President Macron is accepted an invitation for a state visit in July.

It goes on to say, McCrone and his wife,

Bridget, will stay at Windsor Castle for the visit, which will take place from July 8 to July 10.

Buckingham Palace said, the date means that McCrone will likely beat Trump to London.

AP ads, I hesitate to go back over McCrone and the King of England.

Now, this is the first state visit by Mr. McCrone under Charles III's sovereignty.

That's significant.

What is the king looking to accomplish here?

I do not recall there being any tension unusual at all between France and England.

Is this about a project underway or because Macron lacks a king?

Well, there are many things in this.

Firstly, the most important aspect is that the king is returning the favor which President Macron gave to him a year or so ago to give the King his second major state visit abroad, the first visit in Germany.

So he invited King Charles to France for a state visit, which is the the highest form of respect you can give it a fellow

sovereign or fellow head of state and that went extremely well. King Charles is like his mother

and like his ancestors particularly Queen Victoria literally have love affairs with France despite the ongoing problems since Queen Victoria, literally have love affairs with France, despite the ongoing problems.

Since Queen Victoria, for example, you haven't seen a problem between the United Kingdom and France,

other than minor ones. And those minor problems continue to exist, the disputes over fishing

rights between the countries, the dispute over how Britain exited from the European

Union and the like. Nonetheless, Britain and France cooperate in major ways in defence areas

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