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King Charles III and Queen Consort’s state trip to France cancelled

French French Republican Security Corps (CRS - Compagnies Republicaines de Securite) police officers in riot gear operate during a demonstration, with a smoke rising in the background, a week after the government pushed a pensions reform through parliament without a vote, using the article 49.3 of the constitution. (Photo by PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

France pension protests escalate ahead of King Charles visit

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A French gendarme stands next to smoke during a demonstration as part of a national day of strikes and protests, a week after the French government pushed a pensions reform through parliament without a vote, using the article 49.3 of the constitution, in Nantes, western France, on March 23, 2023

French unions call for more strikes during King Charles III’s visit

Referee Nic Berry will be in charge of the France v Wales Six Nations game today at the Stade De France in Paris

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Wales No.8 Taulupe Faletau will win his 100th cap for Wales after being named in today's starting line-up against France

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Sione Tuipulotu tries to break through the Irish defence.

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and President of France, Emmanuel Macron after a group picture during the first UK-France summit in five years at Elysee Palace in Paris.

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will meet with the President of France, Emmanuel Macron on Friday.

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Finn Russell (centre) after Scotland's win over Wales at Murrayfield last month. (Photo by Ross Parker / SNS Group)

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Scotland's scrum-half Finn Russell (C) runs with the ball chased by France's hooker Julien Marchand (L) during the Six Nations clash in Paris.

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France's Olivier Brouzet can't quite catch Scotland's Glenn Metcalfe during a Six Nations encounter in 2003. Pic supplied by: Eric McCowat.

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Ali Price is back in the Scotland match-day squad. (Photo by Craig Williamson / SNS Group)

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Hamish Watson is back in the Scotland team to face France. (Photo by Craig Williamson / SNS Group)

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Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend will name his team to play France on Friday morning. (Photo by Craig Williamson / SNS Group)

Scotland team to play France: Tricky decisions at full-back and in the back row

Finn Russell during a Scotland training session at the Oriam on Wednesday. (Photo by Craig Williamson / SNS Group)

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Full-back and captain Stuart Hogg celebrates wildly as Duhan van der Merwe scores the winning try in the final seconds of the 2021 match against France on Scotland's last visit to Paris.

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Finn Russell of Scotland passes the ball out the back of his hand during the Six Nations Rugby match between Scotland and Wales at Murrayfield Stadium.

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Grant Gilchrist, right, and Sione Tuipulotu celebrate the win over Wales at Murrayfield. (Photo by Craig Williamson / SNS Group)

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Spanish fashion designer Paco Rabanne tries a creation with cutleries on French actress Corinne Marchand during the Home economics (or domestic science) exhibition at the shopping mall of Saint-Laurent-du-Var.

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Finn Russell played for Racing92 in their Top 14 match against La Rochelle on Saturday night.

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Tim Vincent-Smith and Matthew Wright are running Pianodrome's 'Adopt a Piano' appeal.

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French police secure the street after several shots were fired along rue d'Enghien in the 10th arrondissement, in Paris on December 23, 2022. - Two people were killed and several injured in a shooting in central Paris on December 23, 2022, police and prosecutors said, adding that the shooter, in his 60s, had been arrested. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)

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Hedgehogs are classed as vulnerable to extinction in Scotland, according to the Mammal Society (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)

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Finn Russell and Cameron Redpath combined well for Scotland against Argentina recently and will link up at Bath next season. (Photo by Ross MacDonald / SNS Group)

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The King's state visit to France, the first of his reign, has been postponed, the French Presidency said, amid protests in the country over retirement age reforms. Issue date: Friday March 24, 2023.

King’s state visit to France postponed amid widespread retirement age protests