Britain's King Charles III will begin his first state visit when he travels to Germany on Wednesday, having postponed a trip to France due to widespread political protests.
Charles and Steinmeier will lay wreathes in the ruins of the city’s St. Nikolai church, which was destroyed during a World War II air raid, and which now stands as a memorial.
The German head of state said he had extended the invitation to Charles, who has visited Germany more than 40 times, at the funeral of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, last September. “I want to tell him, but of course also all Britons: we in Germany, we in Europe, want close and friendly ties with the United Kingdom after Brexit as well,” he added.
The visit was intended to highlight warming Franco-British relations, but instead underlined the severity of demonstrations engulfing Britain’s neighbour just 10 months into President Emmanuel Macron’s second term.
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