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The Guardian

The British press has reacted with a mixture of relief, foreboding and stony silence to the news that Emmanuel Macron will be the next French president.

The Daily Mail, which loudly welcomed the “new French revolution” when Marine Le Pen made it into the second round of voting in April, somehow could not find a spot for the final election result on its front page - at least for the first edition.

Instead, the paper went with images of Prince Harry kissing his girlfriend and a story about insurance companies being unscrupulous.

Macron’s victory did make it onto the front of the Daily Telegraph, but the historic news was presented solely in relation to how it could impact Britain’s exit from the EU. The paper’s page one headline made no mention of the far-right candidate being beaten by centrist Macron and instead warned that his victory “puts cloud over Brexit”.

It was a sentiment echoed – albeit via far fewer column inches – by the Mirror.

Elsewhere, the Times and Financial Times played it pretty straight. The Times lauded a “landslide for Macron”, while the FT announced “Macron sweeps to victory” as French voters opted for “globalism over populism”.