AP� The crown prince of Saudi Arabia has enjoyed a royal welcome to France, with a private dinner in the Louvre Museum hosted by President Emmanuel Macron.

An official in Macron�s office said the previously unannounced dinner Sunday was held at the Louvre because the Saudi government has a partnership with the museum, a former royal palace. Macron has also hosted other world leaders at famed French monuments.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is expected to sign a �strategic partnership� with Macron in the Elysee Palace on Tuesday. France is hoping to profit from the prince�s shake-up of the conservative kingdom to forge a new kind of commercial relationship.

The prince is being met by protests Monday over the Saudi-led coalition�s airstrikes in Yemen.