Posted on 04/27/2016 6:07:17 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
New rules after the president’s entourage wrecked her garden in 2011
Her majesty insisted President Obama bring no more than three choppers to her 90th birthday celebration.
After his entourage of twelve helicopters ruined the grass in Queen Elizabeth’s Windsor Castle gardens during a 2011 visit, the Obama administration’s attempts to bring an extensive security detail were no match for the Queen’s insistence.
The Queen called President Obama’s entourage “over the top,” and refused to yield in her scaled back security demands.
According to the Deccan Herald:
The Queen called Obama’s bevy of choppers “over the top”, meaning the Secret Service had to rethink their plans to land about six aircraft in the 300-year-old gardens of her main residence.
“It was a write-off and the Queen was not amused,” ‘Daily Express’ quoted a royal source as saying.
“Her Majesty refused to back down and said, ‘three helicopters only’. The Secret Service had to go away and think about their plan. The President’s officials were told that the Queen regarded Windsor Castle as her family home and the most important of all royal residences,” the report said.
“She rarely imposes her will but when she does people listen – it just took the US Secret Service agents a little time to realise that,” the source said.
The Queen, whose 90th birthday was celebrated recently, said there was no chance Obama’s extensive security backup would be accompanying him to Windsor Castle. Her insistence came after Obama’s helicopters damaged the grass when half a dozen of them landed during his last visit in 2011.
The engines’ heat scorched the grounds and the wheels left divots in one of the UK’s oldest lawns, planted during the reign of Queen Anne in the early 1700s.
The Queen said only three helicopters, including the president’s personal aircraft Marine One, could land on the lawn when Obama, 54, and his wife, Michelle, 52, came for dinner with the monarch and Prince Philip to celebrate her 90th birthday, the report said.
An insider said US aides refused to change their plans on security grounds but came around to the Queen’s wishes eventually.
There’s a joke about the Revolutionary War and British subjugation in here somewhere.
But the lesson is clear — a woman never forgets a man whose vanity destroyed her garden.
It’s a good idea. But I thought that the White House had a swimming pool, a movie theater, a bowling alley and a shooting range. Maybe a golf course has been added and perhaps a large trough for Moochie’s feedings.
Obama told the Brits a few days ago that they “can not do” is leave the EU. One of many things he can’t do is instruct a sovereign nation or say ‘no’ to a prince.
Considering our inability, or unwillingness, to defend our own national sovereignty, thanks to Obama, it’s not surprising from this little pimp.
You must travel to Oahu frequently .
Had a few clients on Oahu and the Big Island.
You nailed him.
What? The little pr$ck is going over to embarrass himself again like the last time?
Yeah. But I still troll her over there.
LI has gone Full Tedstate these days.
Never go Full Tedstate.
yes sir , the lolo hapa popolo from palolo
him and the choom boys .... f-wads , one & all
I met a guy that used to try and shoot hoops with him
at Punahou , and how he was ever admitted there is anybody’s guess . He told me that Barry was a big whiner , always calling foul and nobody wanted to play with him . So he fell in the the stoner crowd instead of the jocks . Where the only hapa popolo would seemed to have naturally belonged in an nearly all white elitist school .
Outstanding Red Team, get you a case of beer for that photo!
That is only 6 helicopters!
Imagine 12!
Maybe Her Majesty should simply declare 0buttbongo persona non grata, extending this to the Wookster and as Sharia and Bacteria..
Thats why Zero is an international embarrassment, too stupid to even recognize class.
>> Queen: You Can Bring Only 3 Choppers, Obama
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You cannot bring more than three...
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Oh, mama mia, let me bring more than three...
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The Queen has dealt with 10 previous Presidents but I don’t recall anything like this from them. 0 breaks new ground again so to speak. In this case that of Windsor Castle.
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