Posted on 06/01/2009 6:43:53 PM PDT by traumer
President Barack Obama has waded into the row over whether the Queen would attend next weekend's D-Day commemorations in Normandy, and is working with organisers to secure her an invitation, the White House said on Monday.
Barack Obama is said to be working on getting the Queen an invitation to D-Day commemorations Photo: REUTERS Robert Gibbs, the president's spokesman, said Mr Obama wants the Queen to be present at the event on the Normandy beaches on Saturday. "We are working with those involved to see if we can make that happen," he said.
The failure of the French to invite the Queen has reportedly caused a trans-Channel rift over the guest list for the ceremonies on the beaches where Allied troops landed 65 years ago in a decisive turning point in the course of the Second World War.
A spokesman for the French government said last week that the Queen would be welcome to attend the event, along with Mr Obama, Gordon Brown, Nicholas Sarkozy, the French president, and Stephen Harper, the Canadian prime minister.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
What a put down! Does this mean she is so far down the list they need to check who declined before moving her name up? Sheesh! Am I living in an alternate universe? What the hell happened to my country? The Brits have been our best and most trusted allies for the last century and a half.
This is worse than the ipod insult.
“See http://18thbest.blogspot.com/2008/11/remembrance-day-2008_11.html and Buccaneer81’s post here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2258704/posts?page=16#16 “
Thank you!
Right She should get his spot!!! Zero has no business there and is an affront to this scared ground and the brave men still alive.
sacred!!!!!!! sorry typo one should not type pissed.
‘O’ will apologize for the Dresden bombing....
“‘O’ will apologize for the Dresden bombing....”
Agreed.
The Brits should fill up a couple C17’s with paras and make a drop on the ceremony..while the Queen pulls up in armored convey that lands in Calais.
“The Brits should fill up a couple C17’s with paras and make a drop on the ceremony..while the Queen pulls up in armored convey that lands in Calais”
He would crap his pants.
This is embarassing that there should even be a discussion.
She more than any of these so called leaders should be there.
He’s got to get her on Twitter before he can send it to her though...
...more than alive, she was in the military, driving and doing some maintenance.
/s
Having recently checked U.K. Daily Mail Cholly ‘s going to gay Paree’Cabbage will not be in attendance
The Real Reason the Queen Got Dissed: Bam Bam and the Mau Mau
Canada Free Press | May 30, 2009 | Joy Tiz
Posted on 05/30/2009 10:57:37 AM PDT by vietvet67
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2261292/posts
Left Out of D-Day Events, Queen Elizabeth Is Fuming
New York Times | May 27, 2009
Posted on 05/28/2009 9:12:50 AM PDT by reaganaut1
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2259911/posts
Snubbed by Obama and Sarkozy:
Queen of England gets Invited to attend D-Day Events - In U.S.
CBS47 NEWS | June 1st 2009 | cakid1
Posted on 06/01/2009 7:08:03 PM PDT by cakid1
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2262605/posts
“...thanks to the Eisenhower Library...”
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