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Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and French President Emmanuel Macron lay wreaths at Clarence House in central London to mark the 80th anniversary of former French president Charles de Gaulle's appeal to French people to resist the Nazi occupation. IMAGES
Eighty years after General de Gaulle's famous call, on June 18, 1940, to continue the resistance against Nazi Germany, Emmanuel Macron begins a day of commemoration by going to the Order of the Liberation Museum in the Hôtel des Invalides. The French President celebrates the anniversary in Paris, Suresnes and then London. IMAGES
For the 80th anniversary of Charles de Gaulle's Appeal of 18 June radio broadcast, Emmanuel Macron presides over a ceremony at the Mont Valérien Memorial near Paris, the main place of execution of resistance fighters and hostages during the Second World War. The French President is accompanied by Prime Minister Édouard Philippe and Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces. IMAGES
Emmanuel Macron takes part in the commemoration of the liberation of Borme-les-Mimosas (southern France) that took place 80 years ago, in 1944. A traditional event during the week-long holiday that the French president and his wife enjoy at Fort de Brégançon, the residence of the Presidents of the Republic in the Var village. IMAGES
President Emmanuel Macron attends the unveiling of a commemorative plaque at the ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Prefecture of Police in Paris, in the presence of the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, the resigning Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and Gerald Darmanin, the outgoing Minister of the Interior. IMAGES