King Charles’s France visit postponed after pension protests

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King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla (video screenshot)
King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla (video screenshot)

(BBC) – King Charles III’s state visit to France has been postponed after a request by President Emmanuel Macron, Downing Street says.

The president said “we would not be sensible and would lack common sense” to go ahead after unions called a day of pension protests during the visit. The trip to Paris and Bordeaux had been due to begin on Sunday.

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But both cities were caught up in violence on Thursday, some of the worst since demonstrations began in January.

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