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 Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 3:20 pm Post subject: QUEEN: I'M NOT AMUSED |
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The Bush-whacker does it again, lol. Embarrassing.
Queen scowls at Bush as he messes up official welcome
By Stephen White 08/05/2007
THE royal look of disdain says it all - gaffe champion George Bush yesterday put his foot in it again.
Welcoming the Queen to the White House, in front of 7,000 diplomats, staff and their families, the American President managed a stumble-free opening.
Then it came. Dubya burbled that she had helped America "celebrate its bicentennial in 17 ..."
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Bush caught himself - just in time - and corrected the date to 1976. He paused as if to see if the Queen had taken offence, winked at her then said shamefacedly to the huge gathering: "She gave me a look that only a mother could give a child."
After that initial icy grimace the Queen laughed, too.
But she suffered another gaffe later, this time courtesy of screen legend Mickey Rooney. The 86-year-old actor had waited nervously in line with wife Jan at a garden party at the British Embassy. As the Queen approached he gave her a smart salute.
When she offered her hand Rooney took it and broke with Royal protocol by planting a kiss on the top of her glove. But the Queen just smiled and chatted to the couple. Rooney said afterwards: "This was just such a big thrill for me to meet the Queen. It is something I've dreamed of all my life."
The two gaffes join a long list of US blunders. In 1991, George Bush Senior was at the centre of "Podiumgate".
When the Queen gave her address on the White House lawn all that could be seen above the microphones was her hat after someone forgot to put a raised platform in place. The next day she quipped as she gave another speech: "I do hope you can see me today."
Also in 1991, Dubya admitted he was the black sheep of his family and turned to HM and asked "Who's yours?" The Queen, wisely, did not reply.
In her address yesterday, HM steered clear of the war in Iraq and said tactfully: "It is the time to look forward, jointly renewing our commitment to a more prosperous, safer and freer world."
But Bush waded in with: "Today our two nations are defending liberties against tyranny and terror."
He added: "The fruits of our work have been difficult for many to see."
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tops...499%26siteid=89520-name_page.html
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