The UK and France are boosting police officer numbers on the French coast to stop "mega dinghies" from launching across the English Channel, Downing Street said as Andy Burnham prepared to host Emmanuel Macron.

King Charles and Queen Camilla are viewing the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum this evening alongside French President Emmanuel Macron, his wife Brigitte Macron, Prime Minister Andy Burnham, and his wife Marie-France Van-Heel.

Brigitte, née Trogneux, met Macron at the private school La Providence in the northern French city of Amiens in 1993, where she taught him. Sky News reports that the pair grew close while working on a play. She was married and had three children, including Auzière, at the time.

French officers will be deployed on beaches in western France amid alarm about the arrival of a mega dinghy carrying 230 people over the summer - after numbers dropped to a six-year low

More than 120 countries are attending the symposium in Paris.

Addressing a gathering of Republican lawmakers, Trump claimed he had told Macron that France would have to increase the price of prescription medicines, arguing that Americans pay significantly more for drugs than consumers in other countries.

Ms Auzière is said to be serious about her relationship with the 22-year-old business student from Lille, having already introduced him to Élise and Aurèle, Brigitte Macron’s two children from her previous marriage - a step she had never taken before, according to Gala.

After admiring France's fabled Bayeux Tapestry loaned for a London exhibition, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham and French President Emmanuel Macron will hold their first talks Thursday, with migrant boats and Ukraine high on the agenda.