The Daily Mail: French President Emmanuel Macron was ignored by his wife Brigitte while he offered her a hand off a plane today as they arrived in Britain for their three-day state visit.
The visiting leader was being welcomed by the Prince and Princess of Wales after disembarking his jet before the first lady at RAF Northolt in West London today.
As his wife walked down the steps towards the waiting royals, who were greeting the couple on behalf of King Charles III, President Macron held out a helping hand. French
But Mrs Macron appeared to ignore it, instead holding the handrail as she walked down – leaving him to awkwardly drop his hand, before giving Kate’s hand an air kiss.
Reports say that during their car ride, relations appeared “frosty.”
The incident comes after Mrs Macron “was seen pushing her husband’s face away with both hands before they disembarked a plane in Vietnam,” the Mail reports. The physical gesture was captured on video and later Dismissed as horseplay by France’s leader.
BREAKING: The Prince and Princess of Wales welcome French President Emmanuel Macron to Windsor Castle for the first state visit by a European leader to the UK since Brexit. https://t.co/gxO2DYSx6k
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