Macron’s state visit to the UK begins mired in controversy.
It’s been 17 years since the last European head of state visited the UK, when former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his movie star wife Carla Bruni were hosted by the Queen Elisabeth at Windsor Castle in 2008.
Now, in 2025, it’s a different British Monarch (King Charles) receiving a different French President with a very different wife.
Highly unpopular Emmanuel Macron relies on his endless travels to try to generate good ‘photo-ops’ and edifying moments, since back at home the social situation is very bad, and worsening.
In this sense, his present three-day state visit to the United Kingdom was a chance to spend some time in a positive atmosphere, and feel like a consequential world leader.
Too bad his controversial wife had to start things off on a bad footing – again.
The New York Post reported:
“French President Emmanuel Macron’s wife ignored his offer of a helping hand as they got off a plane in front of UK royals Tuesday — just weeks after she shoved him in the face disembarking from another flight. The French president was forced to awkwardly drop his hand as his wife continued on without it.”
Brigitte Macron appears to ignore her husband as he reaches his hand out to help her down the steps after landing in London.
It comes weeks after the viral video of the French First Lady hitting her husband in the face as they exited a plane.
Source: NY Post pic.twitter.com/53kdpU15xM
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) July 8, 2025
Macron arrived in the UK, a country he hadn’t visited since 2008.
The visit began with a touch of family drama: Brigitte refused to take his hand and confidently descended the plane steps on her own — like a man.
Well, at least she didn’t hit him this time like in Vietnam.
– SK pic.twitter.com/CBjMZ8Ac0D— Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) July 8, 2025
White-clad Brigitte ignored her hubby, holding on to the handrail instead, after which the Macrons were greeted by no less than heir to the throne Prince William with his wife Princess Kate.
“After Macron gave Kate’s hand an air kiss, the French president and first lady got into a waiting car, with Brigitte looking at her phone and saying nothing.”
❗️ Macron, and wife, touch down in UK for 3-day visit
Welcomed by Prince William and Princess Catherine of Wales
Why did he air-kiss royalty’s hand? What could be scaring him from fully committing? pic.twitter.com/P3G5hBPaF3
— RT (@RT_com) July 8, 2025
“The incident comes just weeks after Brigitte was filmed shoving her husband with both hands as the pair touched down for a visit to Vietnam.
Macron was forced to come out and dismiss the spat as ‘horseplay’, but the story created a stir in France, with daily newspaper Le Parisien asking, ‘Slap or squabble?’”
Video: Looks like Brigitte Macron, 72, is as sick of her smug man-child husband Emmanuel, 47, as the rest of the world is. Vive La France! pic.twitter.com/amRj6w4iWH
— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) May 26, 2025
The strangeness of the moment did not stop there, as King Charles welcomed the visitors with a scary bloodshot eye.
King Charles displays shocking bloodshot eye as he meets with French President Macron and his wife Brigitte.
The British monarch’s eye appeared painfully red with a palace source saying it was due to a burst blood vessel.
It’s understood that the King’s eye was affected… pic.twitter.com/JTPkk3SvDg
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) July 8, 2025
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