Hear, hear!
“Having made a characteristic verbal slip, he turned towards her, his face carefully set in that leer he carries off so well.
Finding her unamused, he grinned to onlookers: “She gave me a look that only a mother could give a child.”
I agree with your “hear, hear” - wholeheartedly.
First of all, re: this article, yes, he does made (frequent) verbal slips (never will be the silver-tongued devil that BHO is) but he speaks sincerely, second, I don’t agree with the “leer” description - from the beginning, I always called it an unfortunate nervous smirk resembling “church lady” on SNL (which he’s gradually learned/been trained to ALMOST overcome), and third, I thought at the time that remark about the Queen was quite sweet, guileless and complimentary - I’m sure she took it that way as well (what mother wouldn’t, queen or not).
GW, for his mistakes and sometimes bad judgment, is a good man with a good heart - and his wife is a real class act. History will be MUCH kinder to him than the present.