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Grand finale for Sarkozy circus

Updated on 27 March 2008

By Jonathan Rugman

Nicolas Sarkozy's state visit to the UK is drawing to a finale every bit as glamorous and bombastic as its overture.

The French president is due to return home tonight, but not before one more banquet - this time at the Guildhall in London.

But today was a day when the policy differences between Britain and France began to appear in the open.

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