“Queen Elizabeth II was a stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy,” they said.
She remained diplomatic, as is expected of a monarch even when she met with controversial President Donald Trump.
Her Majesty, ever graceful, usually broke the tension with a lighthearted joke.
“Not speaking English much at all, she replied, ‘A penis.’
Consternation reigned for some time but it was the queen herself who came to the rescue.
‘Ah, happiness,’ she said.”
The queen and President John F. Kennedy’s relationship also didn’t get off on the best foot.
The only problem was that they had both been divorced more than once and the queen didn’t approve.
Jackie later recounted the story to writer Gore Vidal.
“The queen had her revenge.
“The palace thought Thatcher vulgar, and the prime minister thought royalty was irrelevant,” Palmer wrote.
Thatcher’s love of lecturing others also reportedly didn’t sit well with the queen.
“It was someone else’s job come on,” she said.
Bush paused for a moment, looking at the queen, who was standing a few feet from him.
She slowly turned her head, their eyes met, and the president winked at her.
“She was telling me what was happening when I was supposed to report to her.”
She would keep up with the news every day and her secretaries would leave her notes with important updates.
The gesture had many Britons clutching their pearls, and this breach of royal protocol quickly made headlines.
At a state dinner, the former president toasted to the queen.
Instead of quitting his speech, Obama continued over the loud music.
Only when the music stopped did those gathered raise their glasses in a toast.
Clegg assured him he had nothing to worry about.
“[He] might as well have been wandering up and down a golf course.”
About 30 people were gathered altogether.
“This event should not have happened at the time that it did.
I am deeply sorry, and take full responsibility,” Slack said (viaSky News).
Johnson was left looking like a fool and made matters worse by not issuing a personal apology.
Instead, his spokesperson apologized and made it clear Johnson had not attended the party.
When asked why the prime minister wasn’t forthcoming with a personal apology, the spokesperson sidestepped the question.
The palace never commented on the incident.
When the U.S. national anthem played, Biden’s sunglasses remained firmly in place.
Pundits took toXto ridicule Biden for failing to take off his sunglasses.
“Why is Biden still wearing the sunglasses to meet the Queen?
Incredibly disrespectful,” one tweeted.The queen’s relationship with Bidenappeared to remain intact despite the blunder, however.
