Like every year, Emmanuel Macron and his entourage will enjoy a galette des rois at the Élysée, Monday January 6, for Epiphany. However, the Head of State will be deprived of the bean and the crown, recalled TF1 Info.
Monday January 6, the French celebrate Epiphany around a galette des rois. A tradition that the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, intends to perpetuate. Every year, the Head of State and his loved ones meet at the Élysée to enjoy a cake. However, the latter is not like the others. As recalled TF1 InfoEmmanuel Macron and his entourage will not be able to be crowned king or queen. And for good reason: their XXL pancake, which measures more than a meter in diameter, does not contain any beans.
As a reminder, this is a tradition because France has not had a king since July 14, 1789, the date of the Revolution. Thus, no person should receive the title of king, even over a cake, at the presidential palace. “It’s a pancake that doesn’t have any beans since there is no longer a king in France. So there will be no crown and no queen either.”assured Jocelyn Lohezic, French galette des rois champion, in 2017 to franceinfo.
The Equality cake
In an article, L’Express also explains that removing the bean from the traditional president’s galette was introduced by the Sans-culottes, major players in the Revolution, in order to replace the galette des rois with the “equality cake”. A principle that was perpetrated at the Élysée, but not in the homes of the French.
published on January 6 at 2:10 p.m., Tanguy Jaillant, 6Medias
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