Did Macron stitch up Rishi over D-Day commemorations absence? Lord Cameron reveals French president engineered 'quad' photo with him, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Joe Biden at final Normandy event By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 10:21, 13 June 2024 | Updated: 10:33, 13 June 2024 e-mail View comments Emmanuel Macron set up a damning photo that highlighted Rishi Sunak 's absence from final D-Day events last week, Lord Cameron said today. The Foreign Secretary said the French president called him over 'for a word' in Normandy before ordering the picture to be taken with the leaders of Germany and the US. The image of the so-called 'quad' has since been used to batter Mr Sunak, after it emerged he left before the end to conduct an election campaign TV interview.
The premier has issued a grovelling apology and stressed he attended all the British events, but was again taken to task by the audience during a Sky News showdown last night. Polls have suggested the story has cut through to voters, with Tories in despair that it could be a moment like Theresa May 's meltdown over social care in 2017 Lord Cameron said the French president called him over 'for a word' in Normandy before ordering the picture to be taken with the leaders of Germany and the US The image of the so-called 'quad' has since been used to batter Mr Sunak, after it emerged he left before the end to conduct an election campaign TV interview In a round of interviews this morning, L.