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French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday made his first overseas trip since the coronavirus outbreak began, visiting London to mark the 80th anniversary of wartime resistance leader Charles de Gaulle's rallying cry against Nazi occupation from the British capital.
In a ceremony full of pomp and pageantry, Macron awarded London, where the exiled general made his famous BBC broadcast on June 18, 1940, the Croix de la Legion d'honneur.
"I wanted to bear witness to the eternal gratitude of the French Republic to the city of London by awarding it," he said, hailing the city for "giving birth to a Free France".
He later held talks with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, where he was given a montage of telegrams between De Gaulle and British leader Winston Churchill at the end of hostilities.
Johnson also presented him with a miniature replica of Churchill's open-topped Land Rover Defender to go with the president's model of De Gaulle's car in his Elysee office.
The symbolic visit comes after celebrations to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe were curtailed because of the coronavirus outbreak.
But it also comes against a tense backdrop of Britain's departure from the European Union, and controversial coronavirus travel restrictions.
Prince Charles, who received Macron at his Clarence House residence, said De Gaulle's words -- to never give up hope -- still resonated, particularly with the response to the current global pandemic.
"To this day, his resolute determination offers an example upon which both of our countries can draw, as we work together to face new issues and challenges," Charles said.
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