The Daily Observer London Desk: Reporter- Sarah Marshal
Queen Camilla went face-to-face with the French First Lady in a hilarious game of table tennis on day two of her and King Charles III’s long-delayed state visit to France.
The match went ahead after the King made a powerful and historic speech on Thursday, becoming the first British Monarch to ever address the French senate.
Camilla hit the ball into the net several times but seemed to take it in her stride as she laughed with onlookers.
Brigitte Macron appeared to be the better player as she swung the ball back to her opponent, though the game only lasted a few minutes.
For the rest of the day, the royals visited the Paris flower market and Notre Dame where they learned about the restoration work taking place to fix the 19th-century cathedral that was engulfed by a frightening blaze in 2019.
“It is a treasure for all mankind and, as such, to witness its destruction in this most dreadful conflagration is a shattering tragedy, the unbearable pain of which we all share,” Charles said in a letter at the time.
The King then went to the Natural History Museum where French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his gratitude for the Charles’ lengthy commitment to climate change.
The state visit comes six months after widespread rioting in France sparked by Mr Macron’s pension reforms forced the trip to be postponed.
