La royale welcome! Charles is greeted with shouts of 'King' from Paris balconies while walking through streets with Macron as pair exchange gifts and share jokes before holding talks at the Elysee Palace ahead of lavish dinner to mark state visit

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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. Taking to social media to welcome the monarch shortly before his arrival, President Macron shared a video montage of achieve footage of the King's previous 34 trips to the country as Prince of Wales. The poignant videos span over decades, some showing a very young Charles while others show him speaking in French, at one point admitting 'I don't practice the French language enough'.