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Bill Clinton once turned down tea with the Queen to try an Indian restaurant
NY Post ^ | 07/20/2021 | Yaron Steinbuch

Posted on 07/20/2021 10:21:38 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

President Bill Clinton reportedly turned down tea with Queen Elizabeth during his first official visit to the UK in 1997 — because he wanted to “be a tourist” and try out an Indian restaurant.

Buckingham Palace told the office of Prime Minister Tony Blair that “HM the Queen would be very pleased” to invite the Clintons to tea on their visit from summits in Paris and The Hague, the Guardian reported, citing formerly classified documents.

But Downing Street private secretary Philip Barton replied: “The Americans said that the president and Mrs. Clinton were very grateful for HM The Queen’s invitation to tea at the palace, but would wish to decline politely.”

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Let me guess... the Queen turned down bill for a cigar session?
1 posted on 07/20/2021 10:21:38 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Well, frankly, I can understand this.


2 posted on 07/20/2021 10:23:19 AM PDT by Artemis Webb (Be kind to each other, unless the other guy is a dumbass.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Bill actually showed some class here.

Bubba was certainly not worthy of Tea with the Queen. And everyone knew it.


3 posted on 07/20/2021 10:24:55 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (I love my country. It's my government that I hate.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It’s probably a good thing they declined...we wouldn’t want any kind of diplomatic incident to arise over missing silverware.


4 posted on 07/20/2021 10:25:03 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Always classy, those Clintons.

Obligatory Drunken Hitlery Gif:


5 posted on 07/20/2021 10:25:47 AM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Wow!

You just don’t turn down the queen’s invitation, and if you do, you had better have a better excuse then that.

Personally, I’d be nervous about etiquette and protocols, but I’m sure as President I’d have some advisors who could assist.
At first blush it looks like blatant arrogance and disrespect, but somehow I wonder if it’s a cover. There must be some other reason for declining.


6 posted on 07/20/2021 10:26:11 AM PDT by z3n
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The “Clintons” were always Hillary, unless it was Bill biting some poor woman’s lip.

I can easily see the Hildabeast declining this. What would she get out of it? Trailer park trash in Buckingham Palace.


7 posted on 07/20/2021 10:29:35 AM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Seruzawa

Damn you, Monkey Poo


8 posted on 07/20/2021 10:31:26 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I saw various reports that Elizabeth Hurley had sex with Clinton.

I have never been able to look at her in the same way again.


9 posted on 07/20/2021 10:39:48 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Because HM the Queen wasn’t hittable.


10 posted on 07/20/2021 10:51:03 AM PDT by snakechopper (The future's uncertain and the end is always near.)
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To: butlerweave

Definitely looked like she slipped on a stray turd. A common occurrence in India, I would imagine.


11 posted on 07/20/2021 10:51:54 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I wouldn’t have tea with her either,since she was mean to Princess Di, but either way BC is an utter buffoon.


12 posted on 07/20/2021 10:52:40 AM PDT by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

>>during his first official visit to the UK in 1997

One year into his second term. Must’ve had a long list of things to do before he got around to the Queen.


13 posted on 07/20/2021 10:55:20 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: snakechopper

I’d hope Liz would belt him with her handbag or something heavier.


14 posted on 07/20/2021 10:56:24 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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>>Personally, I’d be nervous about etiquette and protocols

Most people are

Heard Pat Boone on the radio last night talking about meeting the Queen twice. She surprised him when she told him that they’d met before. He knew it but he didn’t know that she’d remember or that she’d bring it up.


15 posted on 07/20/2021 10:56:51 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: z3n

I’d drink tea with Queen Liz as long as I brew my own light on the sugar blend.


16 posted on 07/20/2021 10:58:30 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: PGR88

If she did , she had a very , very low opinion of herself. To go with a bastard that even his wife would not allow him to father her child. She choose Webster Hubbell.


17 posted on 07/20/2021 11:01:55 AM PDT by sport
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Knowing the Clintons, the whole story is probably bogus.

They're looking for a story to get them back in the news.

18 posted on 07/20/2021 11:23:06 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump. )
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“There must be some other reason for declining.”

I think they’re just trash who didn’t know any better.


19 posted on 07/20/2021 11:30:20 AM PDT by dsc (Abortion is the axe laid to the roots of the tree of human rights.)
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To: sport

“To go with a bastard that even his wife would not allow him to father her child. She choose Webster Hubbell.”

When that Negro kid tried to claim paternity, Beelzebubba claimed to be infertile.


20 posted on 07/20/2021 11:31:52 AM PDT by dsc (Abortion is the axe laid to the roots of the tree of human rights.)
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