Brigitte Macron continued her tour of the U.K. alongside husband Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, with a banquet in London’s Guildhall on Wednesday. France’s first lady married subdued elegance with sparkling embellishments, favoring a gown with statement shoulders.

Sir Keir Starmer said the plan was a ‘real breakthrough in the way we tackle the vile trade of people smuggling’.

President Emmanuel Macron is on a state visit to Britain, the first by a French leader since 2008. His hosts are drenching him in pomp, pizazz and protocol.

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, had an awkward moment on Tuesday as they arrived in the UK for a three-day state visit. Cameras captured the First Lady walking past her husband's outstretched hand as she stepped off their plane at Royal Air Force Northolt in London.

Emmanuel Macron is in London this week, meeting the Royal Family - and Keir Starmer isn’t missing the chance to cosy up to the French President. The Prime Minister is hosting a summit in central London with Macron,

President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to Britain, which began Tuesday, is heavy on pageantry. But both he and Prime Minister Keir Starmer hope for practical results.

Emmanuel Macron said Britain is weaker after Brexit, in a pointed speech last night during a banquet at London’s Guildhall. Hinting that Britain should rejoin the bloc, the French President said: “I am not totally convinced that both the European Union and France and the UK are in the best possible position today.

The French president and the PM are co-hosting the Franco-British Summit on the final day of Macron's state visit to the UK.