Who's the big dog?
Posted on 07/15/2018 12:38:59 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
THE QUEEN was left to take on her royal duty alone when she met Donald Trump and wife Melania, with Prince Charles and Prince William refusing to join in the elaborate welcome.
Senior members of the Royal Family, including the first and second in line to the throne, had informal discussions about the trip, and let it be known they did not want to take part in arrangements for the US President’s four-day UK visit.
Downing Street and Buckingham Palace both said as Trump’s tour of the UK was not an official state visit, there was a singular plan to meet the Queen alone with Melania Trump drawn up.
But a source said senior courtiers discussed which royals should meet the controversial president and shared the same concerns as William and Charles.
Prince Charles allegedly had a board meeting for his AG Carrick company, while the Duke of Cambridge was playing in a charity polo match and Prince Harry had private engagements.
The source told the Sunday Times: “This business of Prince Charles and Prince William not being there for the Trump visit was a snub.
“They simply refused to attend. It’s a very, very unusual thing for the Queen to be there on her own.
“Usually she is accompanied by somebody. Prince Charles has been substituting for Phillip a lot lately.”
And speaking of Phillip, who retired from formal royal duties recently, the source said: “He goes to what he wants to go to, and if he wanted to be there he could have been.”
Prince Harry is good friend with previous Preisdent Barack Obama, with the pair teaming up to promote the Invictus Games in the past.
And Harry’s new wife Meghan has been a vocal critic of Mr Trump before she became a royal, and therefore having to steer clear of making political statements.
Before her relationship became known, she spoke about supporting Hillary Clinton for her Democratic Presidential campaign.
She said at the time: "Im voting for Hillary Clinton, not because she is a woman, but because Trump has made it easy to see that you don't really want that kind of world that he's painting."
During Mr Trump’s UK visit he broke royal protocol – seemingly by accident - by failing to bow to her Majesty and then walked on in front of her when the pair were inspecting the guard.
A Whitehall official also revealed that Mr Trump’s one-on-one time with the Queen was kept to a “bare minimum”.
The official said: “The Queen will do her duty, but among the wider family, they were not as enthusiastic as they were when Obama came over.”
Last year, it emerged that Mr Trump as reluctant to meet Prince Charles, due to their polarising stances on climate change.
Mr Trump’s aides looked to hold a meeting with the younger royal officials, which were rejected, while a proposed golf match with Prince Andrew were largely ignored.
A minister admitted that there was concern about Trump’s working visit to the UK, denied that a formal invitation was rejected.
They said: “They might have had a view that they were happy not to do it but it is not true that it was on the cards and they refused to do it.”
A Buckingham Palace source said: “This was not a state visit and the involvement of other members of the royal family would be different.
“There was never any approach by the government or others, formally or informally, to Clarence House, Kensington Palace or The Duke of York’s office.
A Downing Street source reiterated Buckingham Palace's official view, clarifying: “This was always going to be just the Queen.”
People dont realize that the Express was one of the newspapers Trump did NOT agree to an interview. The express asked them, after a number of UK publications asked for an interview as well.
Trump only went first with his friend Piers Morgan for the Daily Mail UK, for whom he is publisher.
Trump didn’t bring his kids either.
Harry and Obama both come from a long line of chauffeurs.
Why bothering meeting with the queen who stood by and watched her country and empire destroyed over the past 60 years since the end of the second world war. She should abdicate along with her inbred family. Good riddance to them all.
Met her when I was five. It was more of a procession. Walked stopped bowed at her walked on. I was taught how to bow correctly and my sister was taught how to curtsey. I wanted to ask her to make me a knight, but my mom gave me instructions to not say anything.
I thought it was great at the time.
Action not commentary.
This is the Windsor family virtue signalling. They always swung left. They preferred Labour PMs to Tory PMs. They have sucked up to the Saudis for forty years for, guess what, money. The English elite, in turn, sold itself to Islam, which begat radical imams and terrorism. England has rotted from the head down. Trump’s approach was perfect. He knew they detested them, so he appealed to the people. I don’t care about them. I have no soft spot for royalty. It is a much a cancer as socialism. The UK is a minor player economically and politically. Let them stew in their plummy accents.
I bet that chair was comfy, though. Trolling the LEFT.
...She’s a pretty nice girl...
“Her Majesty’s a pretty nice girl,
But she doesn’t have a lot to say
Her Majesty’s a pretty nice girl
But she changes from day to day
I want to tell her that I love her a lot
But I gotta get a bellyful of wine
Her Majesty’s a pretty nice girl
Someday I’m going to make her mine, oh yeah,
Someday I’m going to make her mine.”
Songwriters: John Lennon / Paul Mccartney
F em. Next time the IRA Strikes we should arm them. Down with the royals.
She’s a pretty nice girl.
But she doesn't have a lot to say.
The next time William comes to America begging for money for his so-called charities, I hope his “royal” ass gets snubbed in return.
This Queen took England from an international superpower to a second world, socialist, lonely island. Those Nazi sympathyzing jokes can kiss my free butt.
They still occupy 1/5 of the Irish landmass. Brits out!!
Who's the big dog?
I always thought Prince William (i.e. PW) had some class.
Whoever wrote this apparently never got past the 2nd grade for English composition. This piece has at least 9 glaring errors. Idiots.
Whoever wrote this apparently never got past the 2nd grade for English composition. This piece has at least 9 glaring errors. Idiots.
It also driven by money from the same elements:
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