Emmanuel Macron, August 29, 2021. © LUDOVIC MARIN / AFPMajor logistical headaches in the corridors of the Élysée.As the week of the UN General Assembly opens on Monday, September 19, the first in the presence of heads of state since the start of the health crisis, Emmanuel Macron also announced that he would be present this day. there at the funeral of Elizabeth II to pay homage to an "eternal queen".A problem not stung by cockchafers therefore arises for the teams of the Head of State: how to allow the President to go to these two events on the same day, the first being in New York, the second in London?At the risk otherwise of brushing the diplomatic incident.We have blocked the display of this content to respect your cookie choices.By clicking on "Consult", you accept the deposit of cookies by social network services such as Twitter.On the telephone with His Majesty King Charles III, I offered him France's condolences on the death of his mother, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.On Monday, I will be in London to attend the funeral.— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) September 14, 2022On the telephone with His Majesty King Charles III, I offered him France's condolences for the death of his mother, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.Monday, I will be in London to attend the funeral.Quickly, Emmanuel Macron's teams knew that they could not bet on a miracle upheaval in the UN agenda.United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres had indeed indicated, according to the Huffington Post, that he could not in any way modify the organization's calendar.In short: impossible for Emmanuel Macron to postpone the work planned at the UN on Monday and his first speech for a new term on Tuesday.So of course, we had to be imaginative.First by taking into account the organization of the Queen's funeral, then by taking into account the flight hours to reach New York from London.For Emmanuel Macron, as for the hundreds of foreign leaders and members of the royal family expected Monday in London, the British program is precise.At around 10.30 a.m. local time, pallbearers will carry the royal coffin from its catafalque in Westminster Hall to the Abbey.At 11 a.m., the funeral service begins.At 12:15 p.m. the coffin will be put back on the gun carriage and paraded through the UK capital, to Wellington's Arch at Hyde Park Corner, before being loaded into a hearse which will proceed to the chapel Saint Georges.At 4 p.m., religious service before a final ceremony after which the queen will be buried at 7:30 p.m. (local time).In short, the schedule is too tight to hope to slip between two events and Emmanuel Macron has finally decided: he will go to the United Kingdom on Sunday evening, the day before the funeral of Elizabeth II.We have blocked the display of this content to respect your cookie choices.By clicking on "Consult", you accept the deposit of cookies by social network services such as Twitter.Consult Emmanuel Macron will meet Charles III on Sunday evening, the day before the funeral of Elizabeth II pic.twitter.com/ipZc5KuKbA— BFMTV (@BFMTV) September 16, 2022Emmanuel Macron will meet Charles III on Sunday evening, the day before Elizabeth II's funeral pic.twitter.com/ipZc5KuKbATo do this, the French president postponed his visit to the United States, scheduled for this Sunday, September 18.“I will be visiting Sunday evening with my wife at the invitation of King Charles.Obviously we will be at the Queen's funeral the next day.It will be a moment of contemplation and emotion alongside the British people, ”said Emmanuel Macron.Dinner planned with Antonio GuterresBut the logistical problem is only half solved: how to attend the opening of the week of the UN General Assembly in New York, an essential diplomatic meeting where many issues will be discussed? sensitive, starting with the war in Ukraine?This is where the math comes in. To connect London and New York, it takes about seven and a half hours of flight.To our formula, we also add the five hours of time difference (less) between the United Kingdom and the United States.With the burial of the deceased scheduled for 7:30 p.m. (local time) in Windsor, and leaving a margin of 30 to 60 minutes for Emmanuel Macron to get to his plane and take off, the latter could therefore arrive around 10 p.m. h 30 in New York… and participate without too many pitfalls in his dinner planned with many leaders around the Secretary General of the United Nations.Elementary my dear Watson.The atmosphere / the decorValue for moneyBy checking this box, I accept and acknowledge having read the general conditions of use and the personal data policy.Ouest-France mobile applications available for download