Mil News Queen not invited to Normandy Celebrations ?!

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Buckingham Palace voiced anger last night after the French snubbed the Queen over next week's D-Day commemorations.
Aides said senior royals had repeatedly made clear their eagerness to support the historic 65th anniversary events in Normandy.
But last night French officials crushed any remaining hopes, admitting they had never had any plans to invite members of the British Royal Family.
They said President Nicolas Sarkozy was focused on the 'main event' of hosting U.S. President Barack Obama.
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The failure to invite the Queen - who is head of state of both Britain and Canada - will be seen as an insult to the memory of the 17,556 British and 5,316 Canadian troops who died to free France and are buried there.
The figure does not include many airmen and sailors whose bodies were never found.​

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-royals-65th-Anniversary--Brown-wont-act.html

 

[John A Silkstone]

What you read in the papers is what the editor wants you to read.

Now the same story in the Telegraph says that when the invitation went out, the PM Gordon Brown stated that he would be attending as the representative of the UK. This was also given out on the nation TV news last night at 18.00 and 22.00 hours.

I will leave it up the readers to choose which story they think is right.