Edward VII had 'special' chair made for the Paris brothels. And Victoria pretended to be 'Madame de la Comtesse de Balmoral' on her private trips to France. It fooled no one! We look back at the Royal Family's great cross-Channel love-affair

France might well be our oldest and, over time, our most implacable enemy.
But the history of Anglo-French state visits is longer and warmer than might be expected.

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