I would be inclined to get the funds put into your french account and then you can arrange transfer at your own pace and hopefully for a good rate of exchange.
For large funds when exchanging GBP to EUR, i used foreign currency direct - now rebranded to Lumon https://www.lumonpay.com
I think they also do EUR to GBP - It may be worth giving them a call. It was nice having an account manager to be able to call and discuss the exchange / any questions around the transfer.
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