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@Oliver Schick
hippy did 518 miles in 24 hours, but then he's the National Champion over 24 hours. London to Paris is around 213 miles as the crow flies, and about 240 miles not as the crow flies on this route:
There are other options, e.g. taking the ferry from Newhaven (to Dieppe), which some people have done. I think that means a shorter cycling distance but much longer time on the ferry.
It's approximately equivalent to an Audax 400, which is considered by some to be a tougher distance than a 600 as you have less time to sleep, but on this one you might have time to sleep on the ferry.
You could do a few Audaxes in preparation, start at 100s, go to 200s and 300s and 400s, which lots of people do every year.
Should be doable, but you need to get your logistics sorted well so that you get the ferry connection timed right.
(There are a lot of London-Paris and vice versa threads which could probably do with a mega merge sometime :), and you should probably read some of them if you haven't already done so.)