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"Be my guest" was a simple message delivered in clear English by Emmanuel Macron at Sandhurst.

It was designed to communicate some acceptance and a lot of exasperation from the Prime Minister's guest about the upcoming Brexit battles.

The full access that the UK wants, and requires, to its biggest market for its biggest economic sector - financial services - is available, but only as part of membership of the EU or the European Economic Area (EEA).

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Compromising on this would "destroy the single market" claimed the French President, explaining the EU's need to maintain its rules.

But underlying his words was an astonishment that a country, which cleared up on financial services in Europe as a result of the single market created by the eurozone, and one which has acted as a magnet for the most talented citizens of EU nations, actively wishes to reject these advantages.

"This is neither to punish nor to reward," Mr Macron said.

These points were obvious to the guest, but not necessarily to the host. There is still some way to go on mutual Brexit understanding.

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Elsewhere, it was more encouraging.

In a variety of sectors the President and Prime Minister struck agreement on maintaining strong bilateral ties whatever Brexit throws up.

The threat of moving the UK border back to Dover from Calais is now gone thanks to an update to the 2003 Le Touquet treaty.

This is at a cost to Britain of £44.5m in security funding and fulfilling a promise to take in 480 child migrants.

Other measures agreed included military cooperation in Mali, the Baltics and beyond, while education and cultural exchanges were enhanced.

And it was not just the 900-year-old Bayeux Tapestry on offer, as Mr Macron said: "We can make a new tapestry together."

Yet, Brexit will make that harder before it gets much easier.