Georges Pompidou

Make-up artist Lisa Little told FEMAIL how the queen, 76, achieved her show-stopping appearance when she arrived at the Palace of Versailles for the State Banquet in Paris last night. The Queen's'masterclass' included statement eye make up with bold framed eyebrows, as well as a regal lip in a berry hue and a glowing complexion, according to Lisa. Queen Camilla's Dior outfit was an homage to her host nation, while the jewellery she chose, from the Royal Collection added a tribute t0 Hr

Final preparations for a banquet in honor of King Charles and Queen Camilla are ongoing at the Palace of Versailles today. With a grand dinner in the presence of over 150 people in the Hall of Mirrors, France has extended the red carpet for the monarch's state visit. Photographs taken from inside the Palace show how the Hall of Mirrors has been filled with crystal glasses, stunning china, and polished silverware. The dinner tonight by French President Emmanuel Macron echoes Queen Elizabeth II's visit to the Palace in 1972, where she was welcomed by President Georges Pompidou at the Palace. Blue lobster, Bresse French poultry with mushroom gratin, and a selection of French and English cheeses will be on the menu at tonight's dinner, including Comte from France and Stichelton from the United Kingdom.

JAMES MACMANUS: A springtime affair in Paris should be enshrined in memory, sacramental from time's trembling hand. That first kiss in a Renault cab under rear-view mirror eyes, the hip-hugging walks along the Seine, the throat-clutching glass of Pernod, all the makings of a cinematic cliche, they cannot surely become blurred with age? They aren't. Everything else about those weeks in Paris in 1974 remains in my mind as if yesterday. Marie-Aude's memory is one that is more etched into the past and more painfully than most. On the Rue de Berri, a fellow journalist, a handshake was extended with the gracious word enchantée, a glance at grey-ethic eyes, a few words, and then she was gone. She had to return to work. 'Désolé,' she said. She was stunning. A pale oval face framed by brown hair that fell to her shoulders in curls, a figure that matched the style of femininity possessed by all French women (another cliche but definitely true). She served as a secretary for a major British company in Paris and so spoke much better English than my average schoolboy French. And so it began.