Bad call. The Queen is probably the best briefed head of state in the world and is a tremendous asset to a smart politician. He will regret this.
I meant good call to ping Lucy, an actual Brit, to get her opinion.
I know she isn’t the only Brit here at FR, just the only one I can recall.
I am actually not an anti monarchist. I leave that to the folks in the UK to work out.
If it has been the custom to meet with the Queen and pay some sort of homage, I think he should have done so.
If he has problems about the procedure, he should have worked to change it after the fact.
Stupid politicians do stupid things everywhere in the world.