King Charles and Queen Camilla Attend a State Banquet at the Palace of Versailles

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00:00 King Charles cheered President Emmanuel Macron and spoke about the UK's and France's firm

00:04 friendship as he and Queen Camilla joined French and British dignitaries and celebrities

00:09 for a black-tie gala at the Palace of Versailles tonight.

00:20 Their Majesties were guests of honour at a glittering state banquet in the Hall of Mirrors

00:24 at the Palace of Versailles at the end of a whirlwind first day of their inaugural state

00:28 visit to France.

00:36 High-profile figures invited to the dinner to mark their contribution to UK-France relations,

00:41 including Rolling Stones frontman Sir Mick Jagger and actor Hugh Grant, were among the

00:46 160 guests addressed by Charles and Mr Macron on Wednesday evening.

00:57 Speaking in French, the King told the President, "Your generosity of spirit brings to mind

01:02 how my family and I were so greatly moved by the tributes paid in France to my mother,

01:07 the late Queen, whose funeral took place one year ago yesterday."

01:10 "Mr President, among the many profoundly moving gestures here, the flying of the Union flag

01:22 at the Elysee was particularly poignant.

01:32 Your words, at that time, meant a great dealt to us too.

01:35 You said that she had touched your hearts, and it was she who held France in the greatest

01:39 affection, as, of course, did my grandmother Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.

01:51 My parents' first official visit together was to France in 1948, shortly after their

01:56 wedding.

02:03 By all accounts, they made quite a splash, dancing till the early hours at the glamorous

02:07 Chez Carrère in the Rue Pierre-Cheron, serenaded by Edith Piaf.

02:18 I suspect it may have left an indelible impression on me, even six months before I was born,

02:24 La Vie en Rose is one of my favourite songs to this day."

02:34 The King also said relations between the UK and France have not always been straightforward,

02:39 but went on to stress the unity between the nations.

02:48 Charles also mentioned the importance of Britain working with France to tackle climate change.

03:01 He went on, "Mr President, in all of this we can rely on our firm friendship, which

03:05 is renewed and reinvigorated with each new generation.

03:15 I would like, if you would allow me, to raise a toast to President and Madame Macron and

03:20 to the French people, as well as to our Entente Cordiale, a sustainable alliance.

03:32 Whatever lies ahead, may it endure, faithful and constant, for centuries to come."

03:44 President Emmanuel Macron added that France and Britain would rise up to the challenges

03:48 of the modern world despite the tensions created by Brexit.

03:59 Despite Brexit, "I know, Your Majesty, that we will continue to write part of the future

04:03 of our continent together, to meet the challenges and to serve the causes we have in common,"

04:09 Macron said in a toast describing Charles' visit as a tribute to our past ... and guarantee

04:20 of the future

04:21 of our continent.