King Charles and Queen Camilla’s state visit to France – in pictures

The French prime minister, Élisabeth Borne (R), greets King Charles and Queen Camilla (C) upon their arrival at Orly airport on Wednesday, the first day of their state visit to France

Charles and Camilla arrive at a remembrance ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris

The king joins the French president, Emmanuel Macron, at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe. Soldiers carry the joint Franco-British wreath, decorated with the ribbons of the king and the French president

Macron and Charles look on after taking part in the rekindling the flame ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Charles shakes hands with representatives of local veteran organisations, scout and guide organisations, and the British School of Paris during a ceremonial welcome at the Arc de Triomphe

The king chats with soldiers during the remembrance ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe

Charles and Macron as the Patrouille de France performs a flypast over the Champs-Élysées, marking the end of the formal part of the welcome ceremony in Paris

Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, and Charles and Camilla arrive for a bilateral meeting at the Élysée Palace on Wednesday

The Macrons and the king and queen outside the Élysée Palace

Melanie Hamrick and Mick Jagger arrive for the state banquet at the Palace of Versailles, Paris

The actor and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg arrives for the state dinner

The former footballer Didier Drogba and his partner, Gabrielle Lemaire, arrive for the state dinner

Hugh Grant and his wife, Anna Elisabet Eberstein, arrive for the state dinner

Leena Nair, the Chanel chief executive, and Bruno Pavlovsky, the label’s president, pose on the red carpet

Guests attend the state banquet at the Palace of Versailles

A member of the French National Guard stands next to EU, French and UK flags before Charles addresses senators and members of the National Assembly at the French senate on day two of the state visit

The king prepares to address the French senate

The king addresses parliamentarians. It is the first time a member of the British royal family has spoken from the senate chamber

Camilla waves as she leaves after Charles’s senate speech

Camilla (centre in white) speaks with guests during a visit to the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris, for the launch of a new UK-France literary award, the Entente Littéraire prize

Camilla tries her hand at weaving, watched by Brigitte Macron and Chanel’s Leena Nair (R), as she visits the 19M Campus, founded by the French luxury fashion house

The queen and Brigitte Macron pose with young athletes as they meet local youth sports associations in Saint-Denis, Paris

Camilla greets people as she walks toward Paris’s Notre-Dame Cathedral, which is being restored after a 2019 fire that destroyed its roof

The queen plays table tennis as the royal couple meet local youth sports associations in Saint-Denis

The king and queen visit a central Paris flower market

Camilla, Charles and the Paris mayor, Anne Hidalgo, sign a book after visiting a flower market in Paris named after Queen Elizabeth II

The royal couple and the Macrons visit Notre Dame Cathedral

The king and queen and the Paris mayor walk towards Notre Dame Cathedral