Queen Camilla and King Charles in Bordeaux, France, on Sept. 22, 2023.Photo:Daniel Leal - Pool/Getty Images

King Charles III and Queen Camilla sample some cheese during a visit to a festival in celebration of British and French culture and business at Place de la Bourse on day three of the state visit to highlight the defence ties between France and the United Kingdom

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King CharlesandQueen Camillaare in wine country!

The King, 74, and Queen, 76, arrived at Bordeaux-Merignac Airport around lunchtime on Friday where the French defense minister, Monsieur Sébastien Lecornu, greeted them.

One of the reasons for visiting the area is to highlight the strength of the defense ties between Britain and France, and the couple headed to see HMS Iron Duke frigate moored in the city for a reception where they met local community, sports and education leaders as well as representatives of British military charities.

Queen Camilla and King Charles on Sept. 22, 2023.Hannah McKay - Pool/Getty Images

King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive to greet the crowds on September 22, 2023 in Bordeaux

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The couple then took a tram ride across the city to the Place de la Bourse, which is at the heart of Bordeaux’s world heritage site. There, King Charles and Queen Camilla took part in a celebration showcasing the cultural and business ties between France and the U.K. On display was the best of British, French and Bordelais food and drink, technology and innovation, sports and sustainability.

The three-day visit to France ended with a highlight: learning about sustainable vineyard practices at Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte.

The fully organic vineyard doesn’t just produce wine — it creates solar power and develops carbon capture. And in a unique twist, the vineyard uses llamas to weed the fields.

It would have felt very relevant to the couple. Charles has championed the environment and warned about the dangers of climate change for decades, while Camilla heads up efforts to support the British wine-making industry.

King Charles and Queen Camilla in Bordeaux, France, on Sept. 22, 2023.DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images

King Charles III (CL) and his wife Queen Camilla (CR) are shown around Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte by owners Daniel Cathiard (L) and Florence Cathiard (R) to learn about sustainable vineyard practices in the Bordeaux wine producing region on the third day of their State Visit to France

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The brief tour is celebrating “Britain’s relationship with France, marking our shared histories, culture and values,” King Charles' deputy private secretary Chris Fitzgeraldsaid in a palace briefingearlier this month. “It will also provide an opportunity to look forward and demonstrate the many ways the U.K. and France are working together, whether that be to promote and protect biodiversity, combat climate change, strengthen security and defense ties in response to the conflict in Ukraine or recognize outstanding cultural achievement.”

King Charles visits Bordeaux, France, on Sept. 22, 2023.DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images

King Charles III (R) greets children from local schools with Bordeaux’s mayor Pierre Hurmic (C) as he arrives at Bordeaux’s Hotel de Ville (city hall) on the third day of the his State Visit to France in Bordeaux

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