French audit cautions Élysée over €475k cost of King Charles dinner

Versailles banquet among lavish spending in 2023 that has plunged president's office 8m into red

The French president's office spent nearly 475,000 (400,100) on a dinner for King Charles last year, the country's top audit court said in a report cautioning about high spending.

In September 2023, King Charles attended a lavish state banquet at the Palace of Versailles attended by more than 150 people, part of a soft power" visit aimed at improving ties between London and Paris.