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London:
Day 1 (arriving on the red eye) - Big Bus Tour (getting off near BP/Cenotaph/Whitehall/Parliament/etc.) and London Eye
Day 2 - Afternoon time slot booking at Harry Potter Museum in Watford. Taking the train.
Day 3 - British Museum, Covent Garden/Neal's Yard, maybe afternoon Tea this day? (any suggestions that aren't 70 pounds per  person??)
Day 4 - Cambridge, punting along "the backs" (DH wants this, he studied abroad there ages ago.)
Day 5 - Tower of London/Tower Bridge in the morning. Afternoon??? - ideas are: Westminster Abbey, one of the many gardens, Churchill War Rooms or see a musical.

Paris:
Day 1 (arrive on a morning chunnel trail from Paris) - see Eiffel Tower and Arc du Triomphe
Day 2 - Saint Chappelle/Notre Dame, Musee D'Orsay, Montmartre in the afternoon 
Day 3 - Versailles
Day 4 - Louvre, Marais District, maybe take a Macaron class?[/quote]

I think you have a good itinerary! A few suggestions from our recent trips with our teens:
For Day 1, we did a Harry Potter walking tour on our first day, "Tour for Muggles." We all really enjoyed it - it kept us moving on that first day, and you walk by some of the main sights in the City of London area. It was a great way to get oriented. https://www.tourformuggles.com/

Our bike tour with Tally Ho was another highlight, and another great way to easily see a lot of the main sights.

For Day 5, we started at Tower of London and were there about 2.5-3 hours. We had lunch, then toured Tower Bridge. From there, it's an easy walk over to Borough Market, if it's still open.

St. Paul's Cathedral is worth a visit, and I highly recommend the Triforium tour (need to book in advance). It's kind of a behind the scenes tour with a small group, and it would definitely be good with teens.

We all liked the Churchill War Rooms, and it can be easily visited in an hour. For a musical, we got same day tickets to Back to the Future at a very reasonable price using Today Tix - it was really fun.

For Paris, one of the highlights for all of us was doing this bike tour of Versailles - https://www.fattiretours.com/paris/tours/vip-versailles-bike-tour/. My kids' favorite part might have been shopping at the market and then having the picnic lunch with our items. We saw so much more than we would've seen on our own, and we had a great guide and group. They also have a larger group tour at the same time, and we joined up with them for the portion that covered the King's Apartment, and it seemed like the larger group would also be a good option.

In Paris, we also did a cooking class (French desserts) with Le Foodist, and it was great.

Have a wonderful trip!

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