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Violent unrest over Emmanuel Macron’s retirement age plans put halt to King and Queen Consort’s first state visit

Sylvie Bermann said plans for a banquet at the Palace of Versailles for Charles and Camilla would ‘not have given a good image’

Fury at President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to bypass parliament on pension reform has sparked days of unrest across the country, reviving scrutiny of police’s heavy-handed tactics and leaving French cities shrouded in tear gas and smoke – with no end in sight to an increasingly bitter standoff.

‘Charles III do you know the guillotine’ daubed by Paris protesters

Charles and Camilla had been due in Paris from Sunday but chaotic scenes across the country have prompted a climbdown by President Emmanuel Macron

King Charles has been forced to postpone a state visit to France due to ongoing protests over President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reforms. 

Armed with Molotov cocktails or paving stones, black-clad radicals are increasingly invading large, peaceful protest marches against pension reforms in France, attacking police in spiraling violence.

French President Emmanuel Macron strongly condemned violence that erupted in Thursday's demonstrations against raising the French retirement age and said he would not give in to it.

Workers already refused to roll out the red carpet for the British monarch's arrival, originally scheduled for Sunday. The French are protesting a decision to raise the retirement age to 64 from 62.