Posted on 06/08/2009 9:50:55 AM PDT by Lucky9teen
U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy shake hands as they participate in a bilateral meeting at the Prefecture in Caen, France Saturday, June 6, 2009. Obama and his French counterpart stood united Saturday in efforts to thwart Iran's disputed nuclear ambitions and bring about a Mideast peace that provides for separate Israeli and Palestinian states

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during the ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the Allied D-Day landings in Normandy at the grounds of the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville sur Mer in Western France, Saturday, June 6, 2009.

From left, U.S. President Barack Obama, Britain's Prince Charles, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrive at the American Cemetery at Colleville-Sur-Mer, near Caen, Western France, Saturday, June 6, 2009 to attend the 65th Anniversary of the D-day landings in Normandy.

U.S. President barack Obama reacts from the top gallery during a visit to the Pompidou center in Paris, Sunday June 7, 2009. President Barack Obama spent a few hours as a tourist this weekend, seeing Paris with his wife and two young girls after his trip to the Middle East, Germany and the beaches of Normandy. The Pompidou center is a modern art museum constructed of color-coded ducts that has become a famous landmark since it opened in 1977. Obama is to leave France early afternoon on Sunday.

I haven't been keeping up with on-topic threads, was Prince Charles invited to participate after the dust-up about Her Majesty being snubbed, he is there in her stead? Or have they fixed the documents to make it appear as though all along, he would be sitting there for that ceremony??
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