" the King and Queen of England ". I would NEVER think of such a comparison.
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As the second most rabidly Celtic member of this site, I have nothing (that I dare) to say in response to this!ken123 wrote:British tabloids are reporting that Helen Mirren, who won an Oscar for portraying Queen Elizabeth 2, has kindly refused an invite to have dinner with Her Highness. Ms Mirren citing a scheduling conflict, she is making a film is South Dakota, as the reason that she can't meet The Royal Family on the date the Queen desired. The RF is said to be anrgy at the "disrespectful " Ms Mirren. The last GOP Mayor of Chicago, William Hale " Big Bill " Thompson ( 1915 - 23. 27 - 31 ) used to campaign in Irish neighborhoods of Chicago with a pair of rats in a cage and called them
" the King and Queen of England ". I would NEVER think of such a comparison.
No, Larry, I must have missed that sterling bit of rhetoric, but I just watched part of the C-span coverage of the state dinner and George kept sneaking looks at Laura to see if he was doing okay. Fortunately, the Queen just smiled gently, (and I'm sure drew her own conclusions about our living embodiment of the Peter Principle). The good news is that someone had the sense to invite the winning jockey from The Kentucky Derby to the dinner. Hope that means that ol' Lilibet got to talk horses with someone knowledgeable.Did you hear "Bushbaby" in his speech to The Queen comment on 'The Magner Carter'?? I had a good laugh over that.....
I wonder if King John went 'nucular' over that or just had a "hissey-fit"??
Larry