Comment and Opinion
Haaretz: ‘The Queen’s royal snub of Israel’, by David Landau
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“There has never been a Royal Visit to this country by Her Majesty, nor indeed by her consort, Prince Philip, nor by her heir, Prince Charles, nor by any member of her family, no matter how remote from the succession.
(When Mrs. Thatcher visited as prime minister, I had the chutzpa to ask her when the Queen would come. Her inimitable reply: “But I’m here…”)
When the royals do come, as they sometimes have to – like when Rabin was killed or when Philip’s mother was interred in Jerusalem – Buckingham Palace and Whitehall make it pointedly clear that their visits are not Royal, nor even Official.
Is there another member-state of the United Nations that the British Royals have so consistently and assiduously snubbed in this way?”