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How long will Gabriel Attal, France’s youngest ever prime minister, be content to languish in his president’s shadow?

Leaders who have left their mark on France mostly did so while young. From Joan of Arc to Napoleon Bonaparte, the common factor has always been youth. The key players in the French Revolution – Danton, Robespierre, Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette – were all guillotined in their thirties. So in one sense it should not have been a surprise that Emmanuel Macron, himself the youngest French head of state since Napoleon, should now have appointed Gabriel Attal as the youngest Prime Minister...

They were greeted with cheers and shouts of Vive le Roi - long live the King in French - from the huge crowds that gathered in the historic city.

Charles and Camilla will fly from Paris to Bordeaux, a change from their original plans amid French media leaks, before being welcomed in a town hall.

King Charles III (pictured) waved au revoir to France as he boarded a plane to head home with Queen Camilla - after received a rapturous welcome in Bordeaux today where His Majesty cheese and wine.

Their Majesties were guests of honour at a glittering state banquet in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles at the end of a whirlwind first day of their inaugural state visit to France.

Charles, 76, and Camilla, 74, will divide their time between Paris and Bordeaux packing in 21 high-profile engagements in just three days.

The royal couple arrived in Paris this afternoon amid a major security operation - six months after they were forced to postpone their trip because of violent protests in the country.

King Charles and President Macron showed an unexpected closeness in France, body language expert Judi James has revealed.

The King was speaking at a glamorous state banquet at the Palace of Versailles during his tour of France.