Paris Metro Station Renamed “Elizabeth II” for Funeral Day

Parisian transport network RATP has announced that it has changed the name of one of its stations to honor Queen Elizabeth II on the day of his funeral.

The George V subway station, on line 1 under the Champs-Élysées was renamed in honor of the queen.

“The RATP group is paying tribute to the Queen of England by renaming the George V station to Elizabeth II for the day,” it said in a statement on Twitter on Monday, accompanied by a photo of a plaque at the station bearing the Queen’s name and years of his birth and death.

The station was named George V in honor of the late Queen’s grandfather, King George V.

RATP added in response to a customer question: “The change is temporary and we are only changing one of the two boards so as not to create any problems or problems for our travelers.”

The tribute takes place on the day of the Queen’s funeral, which was attended by French President Emmanuel Macron.

In the hours after the queen’s death, the French presidential palace paid tribute to her, thanking her for the role she played in modern history and the French-British relationship.

“She had a special status in France and a special place in the hearts of the French people,” the Élysée Palace said in a statement.

The queen “loved France, who loved her back”, he added.

Queen Elizabeth II held the record for the most visits to the Élysée Palace by a foreign sovereign. On several occasions, including the six state visits she made to France, the queen met with all eight presidents of the French Fifth Republic, created in 1959, according to the statement.

The Queen was fluent in French and made several public speeches in French while visiting the country.

“She who stood with the 20th century giants on the path of history has now left to join them,” the statement said.