Macron says ‘common sense’ meant delaying King Charles’s visit

France’s President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a press conference at an EU summit in Brussels on Friday March 24 (Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP)

French President Emmanuel Macron says “common sense and friendship” led to the cancellation of King Charles III’s upcoming visit due to the anti-government protests in France.

Speaking at a press conference after a summit in Brussels, Mr Macron said: “We would not be serious … to make a state visit in the middle of protests.”