A Paris metro station on the Champs-Elysees has been renamed Elizabeth II for the day as a tribute to the British queen during her funeral.
The signs in the George V metro station named after the Queen’s grandfather were replaced on Monday as a mark of respect for the British sovereign, who will be buried later after a service in London.
A Spokeswoman for Paris Metro Operator (RATP) said; “We wanted to join in the day of mourning by putting up the sign ‘Elizabeth II 1926-2022’ in the George V station on Line 1.’’
The station will be renamed back to George V on Tuesday.
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Meanwhile the French Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, has ordered that French flags should fly at Half-Mast on Public buildings, but a small number of Mayors are resisting the instruction.
The left-wing Mayor of Faches-Thumesnil, Northeastern France, Patrick Proisy, said he refuses to lower the flag on public buildings in his village.
Proisy noted that the action contradicts France’s republican principles of “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”.
Patrick Proisy, on Sept.10th wrote this on his Social Media page; “No concept is further from ‘equality’ than the Monarchy,”
