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French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to the UK for a state visit in July, Buckingham Palace has said.
The King and Queen will host the president and his wife Brigitte Macron at Windsor Castle.
The visit will take place from 8 July to 10 July.
The last state visit to the UK by a French president was in March 2008, when President Nicolas Sarkozy was a guest of Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor.
Buckingham Palace said Macron had accepted "an invitation from His Majesty The King" for the July visit.
The King and Queen paid a state visit to France in September 2023.
Foreign monarchs, presidents or prime ministers are invited to visit the King on the advice of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Last month, US President Donald Trump suggested Buckingham Palace was "setting a date for September" for his second state visit to the UK.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer handed Trump an invitation letter from King Charles in February during his visit to Washington.
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