Queen Elizabeth in US for 400th Anniversary of First Settlement

Agence France Presse ^ | May 3, 2007 | Jitendra Joshi

[rock_lobsta]

For the risk of an international incident, we better keep Frank Drebin away. You all know what happened last time.....

[swmobuffalo]

“Why not show her some manners?”

That was my thought. I can’t believe some of the tactless remarks I’ve read elsewhere about this. Is common courtesy that hard to summon up?

[dfwgator]

From what I’ve heard, she’s a pretty nice girl, but she doesn’t have a lot to say.

[Winniesboy]

The British have a tradition of bowing only to British peers, nobles, and royalty. Americans have a tradition of bowing to *nobody*.

A trifle out of date, if I may say so. It's many years since I last saw one of my (British) compatriots bow to anybody - unlike, for example, the French or Japanese, who still seem to do it all the time.

[monkapotamus]

^^^ click

[derllak]

I think “royalty” is a bit passe, but I’d welcome her here just he same.

[Moose4]

“She’s a good sheila and not at all stuck up!”

(with apologies to Monty Python)

}:-)4