“Keep your hands to yourself” probably sounds better in French.
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.
President Macron’s wife, Brigitte, rejected his help while getting off a plane in Britain on Tuesday. via REUTERS
The French president was forced to awkwardly drop his hand as his wife continued on without it. via REUTERS
Macron and his wife were greeted Prince William and Princess Kate upon arrival. POOL/AFP via Getty ImagesThe French leader was seen holding out his hand as his wife walked down the steps of their jet to meet Prince William and royal wife Kate on the tarmac.
Brigitte Macron, dressed all in white, instead ignored her hubby, holding on to the handrail instead, leaving her husband to awkwardly move away.
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.
The incident comes weeks after Brigitte was caught on camera shoving her husband in the face. REUTERSThe 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?”
After meeting with William and Kate, the Macrons were driven from RAF Northolt airfield in West London to Windsor Castle to meet with King Charles III and Camilla.
The couple then went their separate ways, with the French president traveling with the British monarch in an open-topped carriage through the streets of Windsor, while the First Lady sat in a separate carriage with the queen.
Brigitte appeared much friendlier with the British public than with her husband, blowing kisses to the crowd as her carriage passed through the narrow Windsor streets while the state bands struck up the French national anthem, “the Marseillaise.”
Macron had lunch with the king and queen before heading back to London to address the British parliament.
The French first were then trained to a state banquet at Windsor Castle.
Kate wore a brilliant, full-length red down with a sash and tiara — her first appearance at a state dinner since November 2023.
This was the first formal state visit to the UK by a French leader since 2008 — when Nicholas Sarkozy was president and model Carla Bruni was first lady.
