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King Charles III and the Queen Consort have commenced their state visit to Germany – the first of the new reign
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King Charles III and the Queen Consort have commenced their state visit to Germany – the first of the new reign
Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor, is expected to be absent from tonight’s state banquet in honour of the King and Queen at the start of the first foreign tour of their reign, The Times understands.The programme will begin this afternoon with a welcome with military honours at the Brandenburg Gate in central Berlin, the first time postwar Germany has staged a ceremony of this kind for a visiting foreign dignitary
King Charles today became the first British monarch to address the German Bundestag - and did almost the entire historic speech in German - as his state visit went from strength to strength.
Charles and the Queen Consort Camilla met up at the city's Wittenbergplaztz Food Market where huge crowds were waiting for them.
He also thanked the country for its kindness following the death of his mother, the late Queen.