Macron gambles on youth to save his legacy as the right rises in France
How long will Gabriel Attal, France’s youngest ever prime minister, be content to languish in his president’s shadow?
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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 in French his
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.