Another France’s first couple awkward moment, President Macron publicly snubbed by wife Brigitte after shoving scuffle

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, have had yet another awkward public encounter, less than two months after their shoving scuffle, which grabbed eyeballs. The alleged incident took place on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, when the French president, 47, and his first lady, 72, arrived in the UK for a three-day state visit.

The moment was captured on cameras as the first couple of France deplaned a jet at Royal Air Force Northolt in London. Brigitte was seen leaving her husband hanging as he held out his hand to help her walk down the steps.





The Macrons were greeted at London's RAF Northolt air base by Prince William and his wife, Catherine, wearing a dress by French design house Christian Dior, before being met by King Charles and Queen Camilla in Windsor, west of London. They were driven to the almost 1,000-year-old royal residence of Windsor Castle in horse-drawn carriages, through streets bedecked in Union Jacks and French tricolour flags.

In the previous encounter, which surfaced earlier in 2025, France’s first lady was caught on camera, where she was seen pushing her husband back with her hands on his face. The awkward moment occurred after they landed in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, for a state visit.

Following his arrival in the UK, Macron urged Britain to stick close to its neighbours despite its exit from the European Union, saying France and the UK will “save Europe” by standing for democracy, law, and international order in a dangerous world.

On a state visit that mixed royal pageantry with tough political talks on Ukraine and migration, Macron said Europe must strengthen its economy and defences and reduce its dependence “on both the U.S. and China”.

Macron’s three-day trip, at the invitation of King Charles III, is the first state visit to the U.K. by a European Union head of state since Brexit and a symbol of the U.K. government's desire to reset relations with the bloc after Britain acrimoniously left the EU in 2020.

The French president and his wife, Brigitte Macron, were treated to the full force of British ceremonial charm, a far cry from the chilly relations of 2022, when then-Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said that the “jury is out” on whether Macron was a friend or a foe.

The king and queen hosted a banquet for the Macrons at Windsor Castle on Tuesday evening, with 160 guests, including politicians, diplomats and celebrities such as Mick Jagger and Elton John. They were served summer vegetables, chicken with asparagus and iced blackcurrant parfait, along with Champagne and a gin-infused cocktail called L’entente, after the “entente cordiale” struck between Britain and France in 1904.