Are there official Élysée Palace statements about Brigitte Macron's public engagements and guest lists?

1. What the Élysée itself says about Brigitte Macron’s public engagements

The Élysée’s own website contains a page dedicated to Brigitte Macron that presents her biography, official portrait and a running record of “travels and appointments,” indicating the palace provides an institutional channel to communicate her calendar and public activities ^[1]. When controversy arose early in Emmanuel Macron’s presidency about the role and resources allocated to the presidential spouse, Brigitte Macron and Élysée aides emphasized clarity and a transparency charter under which “meetings and engagements will be published on the Élysée site so the French know exactly what I’m doing,” an explicit pledge reported by The Guardian and reflected in Élysée materials ^[2].

2. The transparency charter: promise and practice

The transparency charter noted in reporting and on Élysée pages was framed as a way to show “what means have been put at my disposition” and to list staff and costs attached to the first lady’s role, with the stated aim of public accountability ^{[2] [1]}. The available sources confirm the existence of that charter as both a public promise and as part of the Élysée’s online material, but the exact scope, frequency and granularity of published entries (for example whether every invitee to a private dinner is listed) are not detailed in the provided sources ^{[1] [2]}.

3. Guest lists for major state events: where the records come from

For high-profile, bilateral events such as the 2025 state visit to the UK, host institutions and media outlets documented attendees — the Royal Household released material and British media reported that roughly 160 guests including Mick Jagger and Elton John were at the state banquet — showing guest lists or representative attendee rolls are available via host organizers and press reporting rather than via an Élysée “guest list” release in the supplied documents ^{[3] [4]}. Those items show how event guest information circulates publicly, but they do not substitute for an internal Élysée registry published under its transparency charter in the materials provided ^{[3] [4]}.

4. Where reporting and official lines diverge or leave gaps

Independent outlets and fact-checkers note there are persistent rumours and false claims about Brigitte Macron circulated online, and French courts have recently convicted individuals for cyber-harassment tied to such conspiracy theories — a context that helps explain why the Élysée emphasizes transparency about engagements and staff ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}. However, the supplied reporting does not include an Élysée document itemizing guest-by-guest lists for every public or private engagement, so it is not possible from these sources to claim the palace routinely publishes exhaustive invite lists beyond the engagements and appointments entries the Élysée already posts ^{[1] [2] [3]}.

5. Practical implication: what can be asserted with confidence

It is factual that the Élysée publishes Brigitte Macron’s biography, travels and appointments and that a transparency charter was presented as the mechanism for public disclosure of her role and resources ^{[1] [2]}. It is also factual that details of guest attendance at major state events have been publicly reported by host institutions and mainstream media ^{[3] [4]}. What the provided sources do not show is a comprehensive, consistently published Élysée guest list covering all visitors to every event hosted by or involving Brigitte Macron; that absence should be read as a limitation of the supplied reporting, not as proof the palace never produces such lists on request ^{[1] [3] [2]}.