{"id":69822,"date":"2023-09-25T15:15:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T15:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montelagocelticfestival.com\/?p=69822"},"modified":"2023-09-25T15:15:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T15:15:28","slug":"why-didnt-king-charles-queen-camilla-take-the-train-to-or-within-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montelagocelticfestival.com\/celebrity\/why-didnt-king-charles-queen-camilla-take-the-train-to-or-within-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Why didnt King Charles &#038; Queen Camilla take the train to or within France?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.celebitchy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/coverimages53065105.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>When the President of the United States travels, the Secret Service pack up \u201cthe Beast,\u201d the armored Cadillac with all kinds of James Bond-like security functions.  The Beast &#8211; or sometimes several Beasts &#8211; go with POTUS everywhere.  But that\u2019s the president, who arguably faces the highest security threat in the world.  While I don\u2019t doubt that King Charles and Queen Camilla need security and special security provisions, it does seem like Charles once again refuses to practice what he preaches when it comes to environmentalism.  For Charles and Camilla\u2019s three-day tour of France, there were several options for their travel to France and within France.  They chose to fly everywhere and bring their own Bentley.  From the Guardian\u2019s coverage last week: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>King Charles, who is on his 35th visit to France, and Queen Camilla landed at Orly airport on a British Airways flight and were met on a red carpet by the prime minister, \u00c9lisabeth Borne. Their mode of transport was in contrast to Elizabeth II, who had travelled to Paris by Eurostar train in 2004 and 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The king and queen were driven from the airport in their own Bentley, which was transported from the UK. But the king accompanied Macron down the Champs-Elys\u00e9es in the presidential Citro\u00ebn DS7 convertible accompanied by 136 horses of the republican guard.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>[From The Guardian]<\/p>\n<p>Again, why bring the Bentley if it\u2019s not a security issue to travel in a presidential convertible down the Champs-Elysees?  Why travel by plane when QEII used the Eurostar with no security drama?  It\u2019s weird.  So was Charles\u2019s travel within France:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>King Charles and Queen Camilla faced criticism today for flying from Paris to Bordeaux while preaching about the need to cut carbon emissions to fight global warming. The 360-mile Paris to Bordeaux hop is no longer permitted on Air France after the French government banned internal flights of less than two hours 30 minutes for ecological reasons.  <\/p>\n<p>Instead, travellers can make the journey in just over two hours on a direct TGV high-speed train.  But that option was ruled out for the King and Queen, who landed in Bordeaux on Friday lunchtime to fierce criticism from green activists and parts of the French press.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis plane trip may seem surprising for a King who has made the environment his priority,\u201d an editorial in La Depeche, the regional newspaper, said.  \u201cIn Bordeaux, his visit will be focused on ecology with a visit to an experimental forest and an organic vineyard and a meeting with the personnel mobilised to deal with the wildfires in Gironde [the department that covers Bordeaux] in the summer of 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Green MP Sandra Regol said it was \u201cvery disappointing\u201d to see a plane being used by the royals, especially after Charles made a stirring speech about saving the planet in the Paris Senate on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The 74-year-old monarch told the upper house of the French Parliament that France and Britain needed to \u201cstrive together to protect the world from our most existential challenge of all \u2013 that of global warming\u201d.  His comments came a day after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the UK would be rowing back on some of its key net zero pledges, including pushing the ban on petrol and diesel car sales to 2035.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>[From The Daily Express]<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m sure there are security issues and what have you, but here\u2019s my thing &#8211; if I had the choice between traveling by plane versus high-speed rail in Europe, I would take the train every time.  Even if Charles has access to his own (taxpayer-funded) plane, flying is such a f&#8211;king hassle.  Charles should practice what he preaches, especially since his mother made a point of using public transport while visiting Britain\u2019s French neighbors.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.celebitchy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/coverimages53065117.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.celebitchy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/coverimages53065905.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><small>Photos courtesy of Cover Images.<\/small><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celebitchy.com\/837152\/why_didnt_king_charles_queen_camilla_take_the_train_to_or_within_france\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the President of the United States travels, the Secret Service pack up \u201cthe Beast,\u201d the armored Cadillac with all kinds of James Bond-like security functions. 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