EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Will Emmanuel Macron be denied the honour of a state visit to the UK?
Edward and Sophie's deputising for the King at Monday's 120th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale highlights the failure to invite French president Emmanuel Macron on a state visit.
With French soldiers taking part in Changing the Guard for the first time and his ambassador playing a key role, Emmanuel must be wondering when Charles will give him the nod.
His predecessors made a record five state visits during the reign of the late Queen, with every president from de Gaulle in 1960 to Sarkozy in 2008. Only Francois Hollande was never asked. Is Macron also to be denied the honour?
King Charles III and President of France, Emmanuel Macron during a ceremonial welcome at The Arc De Triomphe on September 20, 2023 in Paris, France
King Charles III and Queen Camilla travelling in the Gold State Coach at the Coronation
Anne Hidalgo Mayor of Paris (L) and Francois Hollande President of France flank Queen Elizabeth II as she visits Paris Flower Market on June 7, 2014 in Paris, France
David Charter's new book Royal Audience recounts Donald Trump quizzing the late Queen about her favourite president: 'Was it Ronald Reagan?' 'No, no, everybody. I liked them all,' she answered. 'Did you like Nixon?' asked Trump. 'Oh yes, I liked him very much… I liked them all very much.'
Trump concluded: 'I realised how smart she was. She was like a steel trap.' Am I alone in thinking him a trifle rude?
David Charter's new book Royal Audience recounts Donald Trump (pictured) quizzing the late Queen about her favourite president
Miss Moneypenny actress Samantha Bond, having publicly apologised for lashing out on social media at Jewish actress Tracy-Ann Oberman over Israel's killing of seven aid workers, now emotionally announces: 'Tracy-Ann, you've known me for over 30 years. You know I am not, and never have been, anti-Semitic.'
Oberman snaps back: 'Yes, I have known you for 30 years and I am deeply shocked that you are still doing this on social media and not on my phone number which you have had for 30 years.' Will there be a round three in this unseemly spat?
Miss Moneypenny actress Samantha Bond publicly apologised for lashing out on social media at Jewish actress Tracy-Ann Oberman (pictured) over Israel 's killing of aid workers
Basic Instinct star Sharon Stone recalls an out-of-body experience when she suffered a stroke in 2001. 'I guess I died,' says Sharon, pictured.
'I left my body. I saw the white light. You see people who have already died, they talk to you. Then all of a sudden I felt this impact in my chest that was like being kicked by a farm animal.
The doctor yelled, 'Don't anybody touch her', and the next thing I knew I was in the ambulance and woke up.' Isn't after-life grand?
Ex-EastEnder Danny Dyer reveals that he proposed marriage to his wife Jo after arriving home late and finding a muffin with the message 'Will you marry me?' on top. 'Jo was in bed,' he recalls.
'I went upstairs and proposed.' Appearing together on the In Sickness And In Health podcast, Jo explains: 'I bought the last muffin on the shelf… I didn't mean it. I forgot to eat it.'
Ex-EastEnder Danny Dyer reveals that he proposed marriage to his wife Jo after arriving home late and finding a muffin with the message 'Will you marry me?' on top
How does Eddie Marsan, portraying Amy Winehouse's dad Mitch in the biopic Back to Black, feel about Mitch wanting George Clooney to play him?
'If I was playing me I would be offended,' the actor says. 'I have got a face like a smacked a***.'
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