so today she ll be presented with france s highest honour, the legion d honneur. i m just amazed, really. i m not expecting that sort of thing. president macron will give christian her medal here in ver sur mer, so she says she s brushing up on her french. i spent the morning trying to go through my french dictionary to find some really polite things to say in french, because i used to be absolutely bilingual when i was young and i lived in france for a whole year, and now i ve forgotten it all. but as we witnessed at a school here in northern france last month, christian is being far too modest about her linguistic skills. she speaks french. i feel wonderful. thrilled by it all. yesterday she was flown from portsmouth with pat owtram, also a recipient of the medal. i like yours very much. yes. i ve always been ratherjealous of it. ..wishing her bon voyage. have a good trip. thank you very much. very exciting. with the distinctive red ribbon and white cross, the people of fra
concerns are. and it is - interesting how president macron concerns are. and it is interesting how president macron has been front and centre of what has happened here and has been very warm in his words both now to president biden and joe biden but also to king charles and queen camilla. it is very important charles and queen camilla. it is very important for charles and queen camilla. it 3 very important for western allies gathering here, we will see 25 heads of state and government and members of state and government and members of the european royalfamily, including the prince of wales gathering abbey international commemoration in a bit. it s important for them to show signs of western cohesion and it s a direct message to russia. because we are talking about the allies, the allies who landed here on the beaches and help turn the tide in the second world war. but even amongst the allies who stand behind ukraine, there are divisions. there are strains about how many weapon