The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge embark on the first of two European visits today, with a two-day trip to Paris. It will be the duke’s first official visit to the French capital since his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, died there in 1997. Kensington Palace said that the trip was at the request of the Foreign Office. Commentators have already described the royal family as “Brexit ambassadors”, with Le Point, the French political magazine, saying that the duke and duchess were “the weapon of glamour against a hard Brexit”. The royal couple will…

Source: The Times March 17, 2017 00:56 UTC