we note that king charles has pretty good french and we look forward to him speaking in english and french at the senate tomorrow. they make their way no under the arc de triomphe for the formal part of this ceremony. it will contain seven elements. wreath—laying, flame lighting, a fly past to finish, national anthems will play and there will be solemn, poignant moments as they remember those who have fallen in world war i and world war ii and a reminder of the shared history and bones between france and the united kingdom. there are fourformer there are four former presidents here. god save the king plays. la marseillaise plays. we heard the national anthems of france and the united kingdom. band plays. you can see no you can see no review you can see no review of the troops —— you can now see a review of the troops and my colleague is down there somewhere. tell us what you are seeing from where you are. i am are seeing from where you are. i am behind armed _ are seeing from where you are. i am behind armed forces _ are seeing from where you are, ifin behind armed forces the and are seeing from where you are, i1w behind armed forces the and i are seeing from where you are, u1w behind armed forces the and i can see the king and president macron passing behind me reviewing the republican guard, the ones with the co—kids. —— ——cockades, and it is ourformal moment to co—kids. —— ——cockades, and it is our formal moment to ensure the armed spick—and—span and then the more formal part of the occasion with wreath laying and the lighting of the flame under the arc de triomphe. the band is playing in hughes year as we continue to watch —— hugh's ear. we move to a more solemn part of the ceremony under the arch of the arc de triomphe, the rekindling of the flame which king charles will be invited to take part in as well as wreath—laying and then remembering fallen soldiers. a lot will be made about the personal chemistry between the two men that will come afterwards in a meeting just between the two of them and know we are still in the more formal part. let's go back now the band is not playing so loudly. hugh, slightly more peaceful where you are, tell them ask what we are —— tell us what we are expecting next. white ., ., ., ., , , white that two men are approaching the arc de triomphe _ white that two men are approaching the arc de triomphe end _ white that two men are approaching the arc de triomphe end it - white that two men are approaching the arc de triomphe end it will - the arc de triomphe end it will place a wreath to remember the hundreds and thousands of soldiers from both armies who died in the two world wars and then there will be the moment which happens every time i of british state comes to the arc de triomphe, a rekindling of the flame above the tomb of the unknown soldiers. the eternal flame is always late but there are these moments sporadically when occasion demands when heads of state, kings and queens and presidents come and ceremoniously relight the flame is a kind of signal to the generations of memory still being honoured and will be carried through to the future. it is a gas flame and symbolic moment in which the flame is rekindled, the eternal flame in which the flame is rekindled, the eternalflame remembering in which the flame is rekindled, the eternal flame remembering the sacrifices of the two allied armies since the first world war. the context is what was signed a few years before the first world war the enente cordiale which —— entente cordiale which did not exist before 1904 cordiale which did not exist before 190a signed by king edward vii which brought us and to the modern era of french british relations and the presumption that one country can rely on the other underlies everything between these two nations. last post plays. they sing god save the king. they sing la marseillaise. jet aircraft roar. that was the fly—past along with the red arrows. bagpipes play. you are watching bbc news and these are some of the images and sounds of king charles iii's state visit to france here in the heart of paris. the arc de triomphe is signing right now. the golden book, just a few minutes ago we had the fly past ending a minute's silence after the anthems after the rekindling here in the arc de triomphe. the symbolism is very powerful indeed, that shared unity between the two countries that share history and in many cases, share history and in many cases, share sacrifice all those who lost their lives in the first world war and second world war remembered during a minute's silence. just as the king and president make

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